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.In 1974 and 1975, the voting panel comprised sportswriters and editors exclusively from Europe.
Male winners YearAthleteNation representedSport1974 Muhammad Ali Boxing1975 João Carlos de Oliveira Athletics1976Alberto JuantorenaAthletics1977Alberto JuantorenaAthletics1978Henry RonoAthletics1979Sebastian CoeAthletics1980Eric HeidenSpeed skating1981Sebastian CoeAthletics1982Daley ThompsonAthletics1983Carl LewisAthletics1984Carl LewisAthletics1985Steve CramAthletics1986 Diego MaradonaFootball1987Ben JohnsonAthletics1988Matt BiondiSwimming1989Boris BeckerTennis19901990 Top 10 athletes (20/12/90) - Jornal do BrasilStefan EdbergTennis1991Sergey BubkaAthletics1992Kevin YoungAthletics1993Miguel IndurainRoad cycling1994Johann Olav KossSpeed skating1995Jonathan EdwardsAthletics
Female winners YearAthleteNation representedSport1974 Irena Szewińska Athletics1975 Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics1976Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics1977Rosemarie AckermannAthletics1978Tracy CaulkinsSwimming1979Marita KochAthletics1980Hanni WenzelAlpine skiing1981Chris Evert LloydTennis1982Marita KochAthletics1983Jarmila KratochvílováAthletics1984Martina NavratilovaTennis1985Mary Decker SlaneyAthletics1986Heike DrechslerAthletics1987Steffi GrafTennis1988Florence Griffith-JoynerAthletics1989Steffi GrafTennis1990Merlene OtteyAthletics1991Monica SelesTennis1992Monica SelesTennis1993Wang JunxiaAthletics1994Le JingyiSwimming1995Gwen TorrenceAthletics
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See also Athlete of the Year Associated Press Athlete of the Year Best Female Athlete ESPY Award Best Male Athlete ESPY Award Sporting News Sportsman/Pro Athlete of the Year Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (Laureus World Sports Academy) Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year L'Équipe Champion of Champions Award
References
Bibliography Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. New York City: ESPN Books and Hyperion (joint). .
External links Enumeration of award winners by HickokSports.com