United Press International Athlete of the Year Award

The United Press International Athlete of the Year Award was conferred annually between 1974 and 1995, one each to the individuals adjudged, without restriction to nationality or sport contested, to be the male and female athlete of the year by a panel of sportswriters and editors constituted under the auspices of the United Press International.[1]

Male winners

YearAthleteNation representedSport
1974Muhammad Ali  United StatesBoxing
1975João Carlos de Oliveira  BrazilAthletics
1976Alberto Juantorena  CubaAthletics
1977Alberto Juantorena  CubaAthletics
1978Henry Rono  KenyaAthletics
1979Sebastian Coe  United KingdomAthletics
1980Eric Heiden  United StatesSpeed skating
1981Sebastian Coe  United KingdomAthletics
1982Daley Thompson  United KingdomAthletics
1983Carl Lewis  United StatesAthletics
1984Carl Lewis  United StatesAthletics
1985Steve Cram  United KingdomAthletics
1986[2]Diego Maradona  ArgentinaFootball
1987Ben Johnson  CanadaAthletics
1988Matt Biondi  United StatesSwimming
1989Boris Becker  West GermanyTennis
1990Stefan Edberg  SwedenTennis
1991Sergey Bubka  Soviet UnionAthletics
1992Kevin Young  United StatesAthletics
1993Miguel Indurain  SpainRoad cycling
1994Johann Olav Koss  NorwaySpeed skating
1995Jonathan Edwards  United KingdomAthletics

Female winners

YearAthleteNation representedSport
1974Irena Szewińska  PolandAthletics
1975Nadia Comăneci  RomaniaArtistic gymnastics
1976Nadia Comăneci  RomaniaArtistic gymnastics
1977Rosemarie Ackermann  East GermanyAthletics
1978Tracy Caulkins  United StatesSwimming
1979Marita Koch  East GermanyAthletics
1980Hanni Wenzel  LiechtensteinAlpine skiing
1981Chris Evert Lloyd  United StatesTennis
1982Marita Koch  East GermanyAthletics
1983Jarmila Kratochvílová  CzechoslovakiaAthletics
1984Martina Navratilova  United StatesTennis
1985Mary Decker Slaney  United StatesAthletics
1986Heike Drechsler  East GermanyAthletics
1987Steffi Graf  West GermanyTennis
1988Florence Griffith-Joyner  United StatesAthletics
1989Steffi Graf  West GermanyTennis
1990Merlene Ottey  JamaicaAthletics
1991Monica Seles  SFR YugoslaviaTennis
1992Monica Seles  FR YugoslaviaTennis
1993Wang Junxia  ChinaAthletics
1994Le Jingyi  ChinaSwimming
1995Gwen Torrence  United StatesAthletics

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