Full List of Nominees for Men’s 2023 World Athlete of the Year Award

Nominees for the 2023 Men’s World Athletes of the Year have been unveiled.

The unveiling of the 11 athletes comes ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2023.

World Athletics in an update on Thursday said these athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics.

“The nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, one-day meeting circuits, Label road races and other events around the world,” noted the World Athletics.

Among those nominated is Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum who recently set a new world record in Marathon.

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The nominees for 2023 Men’s World Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

Neeraj Chopra, IND, Javelin

· World champion

· Asian Games champion

Ryan Crouser, USA, Shot Put

· World champion

· World record

Mondo Duplantis, SWE, Pole Vault

· World champion

· Diamond League champion with world record

Soufiane El Bakkali, MAR, 3000m Steeplechase

· World champion

· Undefeated in six finals

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, NOR, 1500m/mile/5000m

· World 5000m champion and 1500m silver medallist

· European records for 1500m, mile and 3000m

Kelvin Kiptum, KEN, Marathon

· London and Chicago Marathon winner

· Marathon world record breaker

Pierce LePage, CAN, decathlon

· World champion

· World leader

Noah Lyles, USA, 100m/200m

· World 100m and 200m champion

· World leader and undefeated in six finals at 200m

Alvaro Martin, ESP, Race Walk

· World 20km and 35km race walk champion

· World leader 20km race walk

Miltiadis Tentoglou, Long Jump

· World champion

· European Indoor champion

Karsten Warholm, NOR, 400m Hurdles/400m

· World 400m hurdles champion

· European indoor 400m champion

The 11 have been named a day after a similar list for the Women’s category was unveiled.

It also had a Kenyan athlete – Faith Kipgeyon who won a double at the World Athletics Championships after breaking three world records.

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A three-way voting process will determine the finalists. Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on Saturday 28 October.

At the conclusion of the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics on 13-14 November.

The winners for both men and women categories will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms on December 11, 2023.