Jesse Owens Award

The Jesse Owens Award (also the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award for the female version of the award) is an annual track and field award that is the highest accolade given out by USA Track & Field (USATF).[1] As the country's highest award for the sport, it bears Jesse Owens's name in recognition of his significant career, which included four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.[2] First awarded in 1981 to hurdler Edwin Moses, it was created to recognize the season's top American performer in track and field competitions. In 1996, the award was divided into two categories, with both a male and female winner. The 1996 winners, Michael Johnson and Gail Devers, each won two gold medals at that year's Olympics in Atlanta.[3] Up until 2008, the award was voted on by members of the United States athletics media only, but in 2009 fans were able to vote via the USATF website, with their opinions contributing 10% of the overall result.[4]

This article is about the annual track and field award. For Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Year, see Big Ten Athlete of the Year.

The winners of the award are typically announced in late November or early December after the end of the outdoor track and field season. A number of athletes have received the award on more than one occasion: Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first to do so with back-to-back wins in 1986 and 1987, while Carl Lewis won his second award in 1991. Michael Johnson was the first to receive the award three times (winning consecutively from 1994–1996) and Marion Jones became the first woman to collect three awards after wins in 1997, 1998 and 2002. In 2012, Allyson Felix won the award for the fourth time, thus distinguishing herself as the athlete with the most wins. The 2018 winners are Noah Lyles and Shelby Houlihan. Winners receive a replica of the award while the original remains on permanent display at the USATF Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.[5]

As of 2013, the female version of the award was renamed the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Athlete of the Year Award.[6]

List of recipients
Joan Benoit received the award in 1984 after winning the first Olympic marathon for women.[7]
Michael Johnson won the award three years running.
Allyson Felix received the award in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015.
Year Male winner Female winner Ref.
1981 Edwin Moses — [8]
1982 Carl Lewis — [9]
1983 — Mary Decker [10]
1984 — Joan Benoit [11]
1985 Willie Banks — [12]
1986 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee [13]
1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee [13]
1988 — Florence Griffith Joyner [14]
1989 Roger Kingdom — [15]
1990 — Lynn Jennings [16]
1991 Carl Lewis — [9]
1992 Kevin Young — [17]
1993 — Gail Devers [18]
1994 Michael Johnson — [19]
1995 Michael Johnson — [19]
1996 Michael Johnson Gail Devers [19]
1997 Allen Johnson Marion Jones [20]
1998 John Godina Marion Jones [21]
1999 Maurice Greene Inger Miller [22]
2000 Angelo Taylor Stacy Dragila [23]
2001 John Godina Stacy Dragila [24]
2002 Tim Montgomery Marion Jones [25]
2003 Tom Pappas Deena Kastor [26]
2004 Justin Gatlin Joanna Hayes [27]
2005 Justin Gatlin Allyson Felix [28]
2006 Jeremy Wariner Sanya Richards [29]
2007 Tyson Gay Allyson Felix [30]
2008 Bryan Clay Stephanie Brown Trafton [31]
2009 Tyson Gay Sanya Richards [4]
2010 David Oliver Allyson Felix [5]
2011 Jesse Williams Carmelita Jeter [32]
2012 Ashton Eaton Allyson Felix [33]
Year Jesse Owens Award Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award Ref.
2013 LaShawn Merritt Brianna Rollins [34]
2014 Mebrahtom Keflezighi Jennifer Simpson [35]
2015 Ashton Eaton Allyson Felix [36]
2016 Matthew Centrowitz Michelle Carter [37]
2017 Sam Kendricks Emma Coburn [38]
2018 Noah Lyles Shelby Houlihan [39]
2019 Donavan Brazier Dalilah Muhammad [40]

References

General

  • Woolum, Janet (1998). Outstanding Women Athletes. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-1-57356-120-4. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

Specific

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  10. Woolum, p. 221.
  11. "Benoit wins Owens Award". Anchorage Daily News. December 2, 1984. p. C9. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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  23. Elliott, Helene (December 1, 2000). "Dragila, Taylor Earn Owens Award". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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  26. "Track Awards Go to Pappas, Drossin Kastor". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2003. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  27. "Gatlin, Hayes capture national awards". Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2004. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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  30. "Briefs". The Seattle Times. November 20, 2007. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  31. "Beijing champions Clay and Brown Trafton, winners of 2008 Jesse Owens Awards". International Association of Athletics Federations. November 19, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  32. Williams and Jeter win 2011 Jesse Owens Awards Archived November 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF/USATF (November 8, 2011). Retrieved on November 8, 2011.
  33. Felix and Eaton win 2012 Jesse Owens Award Archived November 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (November 13, 2012). Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
  34. Rollins and Merritt win 2013 USATF athlete of the year awards Archived January 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (December 2, 2013). Retrieved on February 13, 2014.
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  39. "USA Track & Field - Shelby Houlihan, Noah Lyles take Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award and Jesse Owens Award as USATF Athletes of the Year". USATF.org. November 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  40. https://www.usatf.org/news/2019/the-year’s-best-athletes-performances-and-hall-of-

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