AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award

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German Uta Pippig is a two-time recipient.

The AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award is a running prize which is given annually by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) to the top male and female marathon runners of the year.[1][2] Prior to 2013, the award was known as AIMS World Athlete of the Year Award.[3] Established in 1992, runners receive nominations from the organisers of AIMS member races (over 300 in number) and the man and woman with the most nominations are each given the AIMS Golden Shoe.[4] The athletic footwear company ASICS is a long-time sponsor of the award.[5][6] There is no designated period in the year for when the awards are given out, but instead runners are given the Golden Shoe in a ceremony preceding their participation in one of the AIMS races.[4] Those to have received the award include marathon world record holders Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe, who have each been given the honour on three separate occasions. Kenyan Tegla Loroupe has the most wins to her name; she won her first award in 1995 and took the honour for three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999. Others to have been nominated as AIMS World Athlete of the Year are Lornah Kiplagat, Uta Pippig, Khalid Khannouchi and Catherine Ndereba. The award is typically given to athletes who have performed well in marathon races, half marathons and road running events in general. One exception to this was when Paul Tergat was given the 1996 award in honour of his 10,000 metres world record on the track and his second victory at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[4]

Winners

File:Haile Gebrselassie at Vienna City Marathon 2011.jpg
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia has received the award three times.
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Kenya's Tegla Loroupe is the most decorated athlete with four awards.
Year Men's winner Women's winner
1992 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Benson Masya (KEN) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liz McColgan (GBR)
1993 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Dionicio Cerón (MEX) Not awarded
1994 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Rousseau (BEL) File:Flag of Germany.svg Uta Pippig (GER)
1995 Not awarded File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1996 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Tergat (KEN) File:Flag of Germany.svg Uta Pippig (GER)
1997 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Josia Thugwane (RSA) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1998 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
1999 File:Flag of Spain.svg Abel Antón (ESP) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
2000 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Gezahegne Abera (ETH) File:Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Takahashi (JPN)
2001 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Josephat Kiprono (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
2002 File:Flag of the United States.svg Khalid Khannouchi (USA) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2003 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Tergat (KEN) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2004 File:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Baldini (ITA) File:Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)
2005 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Jaouad Gharib (MAR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2006 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2007 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
2008 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) File:Flag of Romania.svg Constantina Diță (ROM)
2009 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mary Keitany (KEN)
2010 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Patrick Makau (KEN) File:Flag of Russia.svg Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
2011 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mary Keitany (KEN)
2012 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Tiki Gelana (ETH)
2013 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Wilson Kipsang (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Edna Kiplagat (KEN)
2014 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Dennis Kimetto (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Florence Kiplagat (KEN)
2015 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Mare Dibaba (ETH)
2016 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jemima Sumgong (KEN)
2017 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mary Keitany (KEN)
2018 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Gladys Cherono (KEN)
2019 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Lelisa Desisa (ETH) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)

References

List of winners

External links