The England Athletics Hall of Fame was launched in 2008Time to Vote for England Athletics Awards and Hall of Fame Northumberland Athletics Network. Retrieved November 27, 2011 with a panel of experts selecting a list of potential inductees for athletics fans and members of the public to vote on. The Hall of Fame honours those who have made an outstanding contribution to the sport of athletics in England. Each year the public is able to vote on a shortlist of athletes who have been put forward for voting by a panel of experts.
The short list for the public to vote on is drawn up on various criteria, including the following:
Athletes will be selected for the Hall of Fame shortlist based on their contribution to the sport of athletics as well as performance. (This could be as an athlete, coach or some other contributor). An example could be the impact of Roger Bannister's sub-four-minute mile on middle-distance running or Seb Coe’s work for the sport and Olympics. Nominated athletes must have been retired for a minimum of five years.
Chairman of the Hall of Fame panel is Darren Campbell. Darren himself won Olympic gold in the 4 × 100 m relay and a silver at 200m. He was also European 100m champion and bronze medallist in the World Championships.
Inductees
2008–2010
2008 Daley Thompson Sally Gunnell Lord Coe Steve Ovett David Hemery Sir Roger Bannister David Holding David Coleman Geoff Dyson Chris Brasher
2009 Harold Abrahams Malcolm Arnold Steve Backley Steve Cram Jonathan Edwards Ron Pickering Ann Packer Mary Rand Alf Shrubb Noel Thatcher Dorothy Tyler Sydney Wooderson
2010 Paula Radcliffe P.W. ‘Jimmy’ Green John Le Masurier Denis Watts Walter George Albert Hill Linford Christie Brendan FosterBrendan Foster inducted into Hall of Fame ChronicleLive. Retrieved November 27, 2011 Dame Kelly Holmes
2011–2013
2011 Kathy Cook Tom Hampson Dorothy Hyman Derek Ibbotson Denise Lewis Bruce Longden Ken Matthews Sam Mussabini Jean Pickering Harold Whitlock Mike Smith
2012 F.A.M Webster Don Finlay David Moorcroft Chris Chataway Tessa Sanderson Fred Housden Wilf Paish Fatima Whitbread Marea Hartman Douglas Lowe
2013 Sheila Lerwill Alan Pascoe Sir Ludwig Guttmann Diane Leather Jim Peters Jack Holden Mel Watman Don Thompson Gordon Pirie
2014-2016
2014 Bob Matthews Sir Arthur Gold Ron Hill Muriel Cornell George Gandy Guy Butler Ashia Hansen George Bunner Darren Campbell
2015 Joan Allison Peter Coe Lillian Board Basil Heatley Peter Elliott McDonald Bailey Emil Voigt Danny Crates Roger Black
2016 Kriss Akabusi Bud Baldaro Judy Oakes Peter Radford Ron Roddan Joyce Smith Men’s 4x400m Relay Team at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
2017-2019
2017 Godfrey Brown Maurice Herriott Carl Johnson Derek Johnson Arthur Rowe Wendy Sly Stuart Storey Men’s 4x100m Relay Team at the 1912 Summer Olympics
2018 Geoff Capes Jessica Ennis-Hill Tommy Green Peter Matthews Katharine Merry Aston Moore John Regis
2019 Willie Applegarth Jenny Archer Robbie Brightwell Paul Dickenson Phillips Idowu Christine Ohuruogu Mark Rowland Kelly Sotherton
2021–2022
2021 Cherry Alexander Lloyd Cowan Verona Elder Jason Gardener Tony Jarrett Paul Nihill Greg Rutherford Sheila Sherwood
2022 Keith Connor Sophie Hitchon Percy Hodge John Isaacs Dean Macey Howard Payne Jon Ridgeon Steve Smith
See also England Athletics List of European Athletics Championships medalists (men) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
References
External links England Athletics Hall of Fame