World Athletics Awards 2021

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World Athletics Awards 2021

Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George has won the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics at the World Athletics Awards 2021 for grooming talent in the country and advocating gender equality which make her first Indian to be honored by the sports world body.

Category	Winner
World Athletes of the Year	Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Karsten Warholm of Norway
Female Rising Star	Athing Mu of United States
Male Rising Star	Erriyon Knighton of United States
Member Federations Award	Federacion Costarricense de Atletismo of Costa Rica, Brazil
Inspiration Award	Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy.
President’s Award	Peter Diamond, Executive Vice President of NBC Olympic Programming of United States.
Coaching Achievement Award	Bobby Kersee of United States.
Woman of the Year Award	Anju Bobby George
Jean-Pierre Durand World Athletics Photograph of the Year	Photograph by Ryan Pierse of the women’s high jump qualifying at the Tokyo Olympic Games