Monte-Carlo – The IAAF will select the 2010 World Male and Female Athletes of the Year at the World Athletic Gala here on November 21.
A total of 20 candidate athletes (10 male and 10 female), including Meseret Defar of Ethiopia, have been chosen and the International Amateur Athletics Association (IAAF) is giving the public the opportunity to vote for the top three in each categories.
Meseret Defar, who was voted IAAF Athlete of the Year in 2007, is an Olympic & World gold medalist and world indoor record holder in the 2 mile, 3,000m and 5,000m.
Some of the highlights of her performance in 2010 include a win in the 3,000m at the Sparkassen-Cup in Stuttgart, Germany; a victory in the 5,000m at the GE Galan in Stockholm, Sweden; her fourth straight World indoor title in the 3000m in Doha; a second place finish in the 5,000m at the African Championship in Nairobi, Kenya and in April, she became the first three-time women’s champion at the Carlsbad 5,000m road race in California.Â
Please read complete profile of Meseret Defar, prepared by Sabrina Yohannes for the IAAF.
The 10 Women Candidates are: Veronica Campbell Brown (Jamaica) – World Indoor champion at 60m. World leads at 100m (10.78) & 200m (21.98) and unbeaten at the longer distance.Milcah Chemos Cheywa (Kenya) -Seven out of 11 wins at 3000m Steeplechase and second in the other four races. Winner of the Diamond Race and Commonwealth Games titles and World lead of 9:11.71 Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) – World Indoor and Continental Cup titles at 3000m. World lead 14:24.79 at 5000m, set indoors
Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) – World Indoor and European champion at Combined Events with World leading marks at both Pentathlon (4937) and Heptathlon (6823). Allyson Felix (USA) – Diamond Race titles at 200m and 400m, World Indoor relay gold and wins in 14 out of her 15 individual races
Fabiana Murer (Brazil) – World Indoor and Diamond Race titles at Pole Vault. Set three South American records indoors and out. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) – World Indoor champion, European champion and Diamond Race winner at Shot Put, winning 12 times out of 13. Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) – World Indoor champion at Triple Jump. Won at Continental Cup with World lead and Asian record 15.25m. Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) – Eighteen out of 20 wins at High Jump including seven out of seven wins in the Diamond League, the World Indoor and European Championships and the Continental Cup where she tied the World lead of 2.05m. Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland) – World record breaker at 78.30m and European bronze at Hammer Throw.Â
There are no Ethiopian candidates in the men’s category.
She is the most wonderful Runner from Ethiopia and I would love to give my VOTE to her!!!!!!
MESI IS LOVELY WINNER
MESI IS OUR ROLE MODEL
Messeret DEFAR IS THE BEST
I WISH GOOD CHANCE FOR MESSI ALWAYS
We are proud of U. We wish Good luck.
Messi I hope U win.God bless U.
HAILEKIRISTOS;WE ARE WITHIN U
You got my appreciation and vote for the IAAF Athelete of the Year Award!
I know that Messi will be the WINNER. God bless you and our beloved Country. Messi -we all are proud of you.
i am very proud of messi.therefor, i wish, not she might be, but must be win the IAAF of the year award.
MESI WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
WE HOPE YOU WIN.
Mesi me are proud of you love u
we hope you winnnnnnnnnn
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN TO MESSI
Meseret is the best!
Mesi you are the winer of 2010. we ETHIOPIANS are proud of you!!!
meseret is the best runner!!
MESERET IS A MARBLE WOMAN IN ATLETICS I WONDER,AND I PRAWED SHE IS ETHIOPIAN SO I VOTE HER
she did her best for hel lovely country & pepeol thanks mesret
meseret awonderful atilet,I wish you all the best.
i wishe luck every time for meseret defar
she is the best.
meserat is woundarful
I think Meseret win this compition and wishes her good luck and
I’m proud of her
I ADMIRE U,I WISH U TO WIN THIS COMPITITION GOD HELP.
This is sad. We are by far bigger in number than the Eritrea. But We do not bother for our case. Why is that all of the Ethiopians who have access to the internet not voting for Meseret? AHhhh it is so sad. We Ethiopians are good at beating each other, not helping and cooperating.
i wish u,good luck mesi,we are proud of u,we love u and we love ethiopia.
Hope that you will win
You are the best of best.Come on to win!
Confidently,You will win the vote!
Your are the best athlete in the world.I appreciate you hard work.
meseret defar of ethiopian for iaaf athelet of the year best of the best in teh world atelate
meseret defar win avote of 2010 IAAF
MESERET DEFAR is the best athlete who shall win 2010 IAAF ELECTION because she is score and shows best performance this than other athlete.
I wish that Meseret Defar shall win the IAAF award of the year.
yes nobody stop she can wine for the IAAF athlete of the yer
I know Messi wine the IAAF athlete of the year
I have to stand and clap my hand for messi she is the wine of IAAF
wow she is Ethiopian sure Messi wine the IAAF Athlete of the year
Messi is great and strong of Ethiopian runner really she is the winner of IAAF.
messy is Ethiopia so,Ethiopian is the patriot of world athlete the blood of Ethiopia
Meseret deserve the top atlet
Messi shoud win the vot of IAAF
she is the one
she was very active runner & so much contribute the world.she was a good endurance ,a good image to world athletics peoples. so i really give the first chance to win this award.
i hope defar will win the selection
you deserve it i’m so proud of you.THIS IT!!!!!!!
i pray to god/alahe/
Good luck lady!