European Athlete of the Month

The European Athlete of the Month is an award that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA). The election has been organised since 2007.

Winners

2023Month Men WomenJanuary Tibo De Smet"A first-time winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 13 February 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Pia Skrzyszowska"Pia power!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 13 February 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.February March Jakob Ingebrigtsen"Up to 11 European titles!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 April 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Nafissatou Thiam"Record-breaker!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 April 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.April Mykolas Alekna"Barrier breaker!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Rhasidat Adeleke"Two Irish records!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.May Álvaro Martín"Spain all the way!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 7 June 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. María Pérez"Record-breaker!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 7 June 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.June July August September October Carlos Mayo"Vamos Charlie!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023. Sifan Hassan"Superwoman Sifan!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.November December

2022Month Men WomenJanuary Simon Ehammer"And it’s a combined events double!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 14 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Adrianna Sułek"The votes have been counted and Adrianna Sulek is your women’s Athlete of the Month for January!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 14 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.February Jakob Ingebrigtsen"That world indoor record in Lievin!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 March 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Ewa Swoboda"The votes have been counted!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 March 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.March Miltiadis Tentoglou"Just one more title left to chase now, European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Yaroslava Mahuchikh"Yaroslava Mahuchikh is your women’s Athlete of the Month for March", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.April Yemaneberhan Crippa"Record-breaker!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Eilish McColgan"She’s been burning it up on the roads!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.May Simon Ehammer"Another repeat winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 June 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Eilish McColgan"Oops, I did it again.", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 June 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.June Armand Duplantis"Magic Mondo", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 13 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Femke Bol"Fantastic Femke!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 13 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.July Armand Duplantis"The greatest!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 4 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Katarzyna Zdziebło"First-time winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 4 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.August Miltiadis Tentoglou"European long jump title defended with a championship record!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Antigoni Drisbioti"One of the many great stories of Munich!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.September October Yann Schrub"A first-time winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Konstanze Klosterhalfen"The votes are in!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.November Elzan Bibić"First-time winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 December 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Eilish McColgan"Women’s Athlete of the Month for the third time in 2022!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 December 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.December Jakob Ingebrigtsen"Jakob strikes again!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 January 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Nadia Battocletti"The European cross country queen!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 January 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

2021Month Men WomenJanuary Renaud Lavillenie"After three wins and a 6.02m clearance in Tourcoing, @airlavillenie is your men’s Athlete of the Month for January!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 5 February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Yaroslava Mahuchikh"A 2.02m season’s opener in Kyiv and then another 2.00m clearance in Udine", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 5 February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023.February Gianmarco Tamberi"The votes have been counted and it’s an Italian double!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 3 March 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Larissa IapichinoMarch Marcell Jacobs"Another month, another Italian winner!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Ajla Del Ponte"It’s a sprint double as @ajletta is your women’s Athlete of the Month for March!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023.April Karel Tilga"The votes have been counted and @kareltilga is your men’s Athlete of the Month for April!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Beth Potter"Congratulations to @bethpotter91 who has been voted women’s Athlete of the Month for April!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023.May Johannes Vetter"An excellent month for javelin throwers!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 9 June 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Maria AndrejczykJune Johannes Vetter"The big reveal!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 5 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Femke BolJuly August September Armand Duplantis"A vertical jumps double!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 11 October 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Mariya LasitskeneOctober Bashir Abdi"We asked you and you voted in numbers!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Eilish McColganNovember Eyob Faniel"The votes are in!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 6 December 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Konstanze KlosterhalfenDecember Jakob Ingebrigtsen"Jakob Ingebrigtsen is your men’s Athlete of the Month for December 2021!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 10 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Nadia Battocletti"Grande Nadia!", European Athletic Association/Instagram, 10 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

2020Month Men WomenJanuary Julien Wanders Luiza GegaFebruary Armand Duplantis Konstanze KlosterhalfenMarch Renaud Lavillenie Nafissatou ThiamApril Not assignedMayJuneJuly Bence Halász Maruša MišmašAugust Karsten Warholm Ajla Del PonteSeptember Johannes Vetter"Bol and Vetter voted Athletes of the Month for September", European Athletics Association, 8 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Femke BolOctober Matej Tóth Karoline Bjerkeli GrøvdalNovember December

2019Month Men WomenJanuary Karsten Warholm Pamela DutkiewiczFebruary Jakob Ingebrigtsen Ewa SwobodaMarch Jorge Urena Ana Peleteiro April Armand Duplantis Carla Salome RochaMay Karsten Warholm Lonah Chemtai SalpeterJune Magnus Kirt Nafissatou ThiamJuly Jakob Ingebrigtsen Anna Emilie MøllerAugust Karsten Warholm Konstanze KlosterhalfenAugust not assignedOctober Jakob Ingebrigtsen Katarina Johnson-ThompsonNovember Ouassim Oumaiz Mariana MachadoDecember Jakob Ingebrigtsen Nadia Battocletti

2018Month Men WomenJanuary Karsten Warholm Phil HealyFebruary Julien Wanders Ivana SpanovicMarch Johannes Vetter Anita MártonApril Maicel Uibo Dina Asher-SmithMay Karsten Warholm Lonah Chemtai SalpeterJune Andreas Hofmann Dina Asher-SmithJuly Magnus Kirt Lorraine UgenAugust Koen Naert Katerina StefanidiSeptember not assignedOctober Baptiste Thiery Elina TzengkoNovember Yemaneberhan Crippa Anna Emilie MøllerDecember Jakob Ingebrigtsen Ana Dulce Felix

2017Month Men WomenJanuary Piotr Lisek Airinė PalšytėFebruary not assignedMarch not assignedApril Armand Duplantis Amalie IuelMay Thomas Röhler Nafissatou ThiamJune Karsten Warholm Katerina StefanidiJuly Jakob Ingebrigtsen Sara KolakAugust Ramil Guliyev Katerina StefanidiSeptember not assignedOctober Dewi Griffiths Karoline Bjerkeli GrøvdalNovember Soufiane Bouchikhi Eilish McColganDecember Sondre Nordstad Moen Harriet Knowles-Jones

2016Month Men WomenJanuary Konrad Bukowiecki Ewa SwobodaFebruary Gianmarco Tamberi Dafne SchippersMarch Gianmarco Tamberi Ivana ŠpanovićApril Karl Robert Saluri Eleonora GiorgiMay Thomas Röhler Dafne SchippersJune Thomas Röhler Jessica Ennis-HillJuly Gianmarco Tamberi Sandra PerkovićAugust Kévin Mayer Ekaterini StefanidiSeptember Renaud Lavillenie Ivana ŠpanovićOctober not assignedNovember not assigned December Jakob Ingebrigtsen Sofia Ennaoui

2015Month Men WomenJanuary Eusebio Cáceres Kamila LićwinkoFebruary Renaud Lavillenie Sifan HassanMarch Yohann Diniz Ivana ŠpanovićApril Thomas Barr Ekaterini StefanidiMay Renaud Lavillenie Dafne SchippersJune Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas Ruth BeitiaJuly Amel Tuka Zuzana HejnováAugust Paweł Fajdek Dafne SchippersSeptember not assignedOctober Arne Gabius Jo PaveyNovember Carlos Mayo Sara MoreiraDecember Jonathan Davies Louise Carton

2014Month Men WomenJanuary Renaud Lavillenie Nadine BroersenFebruary Renaud Lavillenie Olha SaladuhaMarch Pavel Maslák Sandra PerkovićApril Virgilijus Alekna Jéssica AugustoMay Ivan Ukhov Darya KlishinaJune Bohdan Bondarenko Barbora ŠpotákováJuly Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Dafne SchippersAugust not assignedSeptember Gerd Kanter Barbora Špotáková October Arne Gabius Valeria StraneoNovember Serhiy Lebid Sara MoreiraDecember Yemaneberhan Crippa Gemma Steel

2013Month Men WomenJanuary Renaud Lavillenie Alessia TrostFebruary Renaud Lavillenie Nevin YanıtMarch Tero Pitkämäki Fionnuala BrittonApril Maicel Uibo Lisa StublićMay Bohdan Bondarenko Zuzana HejnováJune Bohdan Bondarenko Ivet LalovaJuly Bohdan Bondarenko Zuzana HejnováAugust not assignedSeptember Bohdan Bondarenko Hanna MelnychenkoOctober Ørjan Grønnevig Karoline Bjerkeli GrøvdalNovember Oleksandr Sitkovskiy Zsófia ErdélyiDecember Pieter-Jan Hannes Sophie Duarte

2012Month Men WomenJanuary Aleksey Dmitrik Holly BleasdaleFebruary Adam Kszczot Yelena IsinbayevaMarch Renaud Lavillenie Nataliya DobrynskaApril Matej Tóth Aksana MenkovaMay Robert Harting Jessica EnnisJune Renaud Lavillenie Olha SaladuhaJuly Ivan Ukhov Natalya AntyukhAugust not assignedSeptember Björn Otto Barbora ŠpotákováOctober Alex Baldaccini Elvan AbeylegesseNovember José Rocha Ana Dulce FélixDecember Andrea Lalli Fionnuala Britton

2011Month Men WomenJanuary Ivan Ukhov Jessica EnnisFebruary Teddy Tamgho Antonietta Di MartinoMarch Zigismunds Sirmais Charlotte PurdueApril Valeriy Borchin Olga KaniskinaMay Christophe Lemaitre Betty HeidlerJune Christophe Lemaitre Ivet LalovaJuly Ahmet Arslan Darya KlishinaAugust not assignedSeptember Robert Harting Anna ChicherovaOctober Henryk Szost Liliya ShobukhovaNovember Viktor Röthlin Ana Dulce FélixDecember Atelaw Yeshetela Fionnuala Britton