Mo Farah named European athlete of the year

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Mo Farah named European athlete of the year

5/10/2011

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Britain's Mo Farah has been named European athlete of the year following his gold and silver medals at the World Championships in Daegu.

 

Farah won the 5,000 metres title in South Korea, seven days after being narrowly beaten to the 10,000m title by Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan.

 

The 28-year-old also set a European indoor record over 5,000m in Birmingham in February and successfully defended his 3,000m title at the European Indoors in Paris the following month.

 

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Farah, who finished ahead of France's Christophe Lemaitre and fellow British world champion Dai Greene in the voting, followed that with a European record over 10,000m in June and a British record over 5,000m in Monaco in July.

 

Farah will be recognised for his feats at the European Athletics awards night on October 15 in Arona, Spain, alongside the women's winner Mariya Savinova of Russia, who took 800m gold in Daegu.

 

The European Athletics rising star of the year winners, David Storl of Germany and Britain's Jodie Williams, will also be present to pick up their awards.

 

 

 

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[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Great Britain’s Mo Farah voted 2011 European Athlete of the Year | 05.10.2011

 

 

 

Ace middle distance runner Mo Farah of Great Britain is the 2011 European Athlete of the Year. (Picture Alliance)

Mo Farah of Great Britain has been voted the 2011 winner of the men's European Athlete of the Year Award presented by MONDO.

 

The pinnacle of his achievement in 2011 was, of course, winning the 5000m gold medal at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, but there were so many other outstanding moments for the European Athlete of the Year to savour.

 

The 28-year-old started off his year by setting a European indoor record over 5000m in Birmingham in February, circling 25 laps of the National Indoor Arena in 13:10.60. He successfully defended his 3000m title at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris in March.

 

Moving into the summer, Farah set a European 10,000m record of 26:46.57 when winning at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, in June and in July he ran a 2011 world-leading 5000m of 12:53.11 in Monaco, a time which ranked him second on the European all-time lists for the event as well as being a national record.

 

However, all this was a prelude to his feats at the World Championships in Daegu.

 

He had to settle for the silver medal in the 10,000m – one of only two defeats in 14 competitions on all surfaces during 2011 – but bounced back to run a tactically perfect race in the 5000m to become the first European runner to win a global title at the event for nearly two decades.

 

Farah will be recognised for his feats at the European Athletics Awards Night presented by MONDO on Saturday 15 October in Arona, Spain, alongside the women's European Athlete of the Year winner Mariya Savinova of Russia.

 

The European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners, David Storl of Germany and Great Britain and NI’s Jodie Williams, will also be present to pick up their awards.

 

Fans, media and European Athletics Member Federations were invited to vote for the European Athlete of the Year on the European Athletics website. Along with the votes from a panel of experts, each group of voters' results count for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

 

The shortlist for the award was compiled by selecting the top European athlete in different events, based largely on performances at the IAAF World Championships, European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Athletics events and the series of Diamond League and European Athletics meetings. Only in very exceptional cases were two athletes from one event nominated.

 

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for European Athlete of the Year.

 

Men's European Athlete of the Year presented by MONDO final rankings

 

1. Mo Farah (GBR)

2. Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)

3. David Greene (GBR)

4. David Storl (GER)

5. Robert *****ng (GER)

6. Matthias De Zordo (GER)

7. Pawel Wojciechowski (POL)

8. Teddy Tamgho (FRA)

9. Kevin Borlee (BEL)

10. Valeriy Borchin (RUS)

11. Sergey Bakulin (RUS)

12. Krisztian Pars (HUN)

 

European Athlete of the Year previous winners

 

1993 Linford Christie (GBR)

1994 Colin Jackson (GBR)

1995 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)

1996 Jan Zelezny (CZE)

1997 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)

1998 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)

1999 Tomás Dvorak (CZE)

2000 Jan Zelezny (CZE)

2001 André Bucher (SUI)

2002 Dwain Chambers (GBR)

2003 Christian Olsson (SWE)

2004 Christian Olsson (SWE)

2005 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)

2006 Francis Obikwelu (POR)

2007 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)

2008 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

2009 Phillips Idowu (GBR)

2010 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)

 

2011 season: Mo Farah

 

3000 m

 

7:35.81i

 

SB (5)

 

2

 

New Balance

 

Boston MA

 

5 Feb

 

7:54.67+i

 

 

 

3

 

Aviva

 

Birmingham

 

19 Feb

 

8:02.36i

 

 

 

1h1

 

EC

 

Paris

 

4 Mar

 

7:53.00i

 

 

 

1

 

EC

 

Paris

 

5 Mar

 

7:40.15

 

SB (22)

 

1

 

Aviva

 

London

 

5 Aug

 

5000 m

 

13:10.60i AR

 

PB (3)

 

1

 

Aviva

 

Birmingham

 

19 Feb

 

13:06.14

 

 

 

1

 

Aviva

 

Birmingham

 

10 Jul

 

12:53.11 NR

 

PB (1)

 

1

 

Herc

 

Monaco

 

22 Jul

 

14:00.72

 

 

 

1

 

NC

 

Birmingham

 

31 Jul

 

13:38.03

 

 

 

2h2

 

WC

 

Daegu

 

1 Sep

 

13:23.36

 

 

 

1

 

WC

 

Daegu

 

4 Sep

 

10000 m

 

26:46.57 AR

 

PB (3)

 

1

 

Pre

 

Eugene OR

 

3 Jun

 

27:14.07

 

 

 

2

 

WC

 

Daegu

 

28 Aug

 

 

Personal bests: Mo Farah

 

 

Indoors:

 

3000m: 7:34.47 NR 1 Aviva Birmingham 21 Feb 2009

 

5000m: 13:10.60 AR 1 Aviva Birmingham 19 Feb 2011

 

Outdoors:

 

3000m: 7:38.15 3 Zagreb 2006 Zagreb 31 Aug 2006

 

5000m: 12:53.11 NR 1 Herc Monaco 22 Jul 2011

 

10000m: 26:46.57 AR 1 DL Eugene OR 3 Jun 2011

 

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[Alpha Blondy]

Excellent News. We're all proud of Mo Farah.

[Showqi]

Mo worked hard this year.............He deserves that title.