IAAF World Athletic Gala

David Rudisha (KEN) and Blanka Vlasic (CRO),
Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2010

NOMINEES

Tyson Gay USA
100/200 and 4x100m
Won seven out of eight sprint finals
Defeated Usain Bolt at 100m in Stockholm
Ran the fastest 100m time of the year at 9.78
Helped the Americas’ 4x100m team win the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup

David Oliver USA
110m Hurdles
Unbeaten in 15 finals at 110m Hurdles
Won the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup
Won the Samsung Diamond Race
Set the fourth and joint fifth fastest times ever, 12.89 & 12.90

David Rudisha KEN
800m
Set two World records at 800m (1:41.09 & 1:41.01)
Won the African Championships
Won the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup
Unbeaten sequence of 11 finals and four preliminaries

Zersenay Tadese ERI
20km & Half Marathon
World record breaker at Half Marathon and 20km with marks of 58:23 & 55:21
Individual and team silvers at the IAAF/SINOPEC World Half Marathon Championships

Andreas Thorkildsen NOR
Javelin Throw
Won the European Championships
Won the Samsung Diamond Race
Won the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup
Set a World leading mark of 90.37m

Veronica Campbell Brown JAM
100 and 200m
- Won the 60m title at the World Indoor Championships
- Set World leading times at 100m (10.78) & 200m (21.98)
- Unbeaten at 200m in 2010

Milcah Chemos Cheywa KEN
3000m Steeplechase
- Won seven out of 11 races at 3000m Steeplechase and was second in her other four outings
- Won the Samsung Diamond Race
- Won the Commonwealth Games
- Set a World leading time of 9:11.71

Jessica Ennis GBR
Combined Events
- Won the Pentathlon title at the World Indoor Championships
- Won the Heptathlon title at the European championships
- Set World leading marks at both Pentathlon (4937) and Heptathlon (6823)

Allyson Felix USA
200 & 400m
- Won the Samsung Diamond Race at 200m and 400m
- Was part of the winning 4x400m team at the World Indoor Championships
- Won in 14 out of her 15 individual races

Blanka Vlasic CRO
High Jump
- Won 18 out of 20 competitions in 2010
- Won the Samsung Diamond race with seven out of seven wins
- Won the World Indoor Championships
- Won the European Championships
- Won the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup
- Tied the World leading performance of 2.05m