Today marks one month to go to the 2024 Golden Tracks award ceremony on Saturday 26 October when the men’s and women’s European Athletes of the Year and Rising Stars will be crowned!
This year’s Golden Tracks will be held for the first time in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia and the award ceremony will be streamed live through the European Athletics YouTube channel on the Saturday (26) evening.
The 10 men’s and women’s European Athletes of the Year and Rising Star nominees were revealed across social media last week and there is still time for you to have your say and cast your vote. The fan vote constitutes 25 percent of the overall vote and you can submit your vote through the dedicated Golden Tracks voting platform here (registration required).
Fans who submit their vote will also be eligible to win some exclusive prizes*, including tickets to a European Athletics event in 2025, posters signed by an athlete attending the Golden Tracks awards as well as European Athletics merchandise.
Men's European Athlete of the Year nominees
- Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
- Jordan Diaz (ESP)
- Armand Duplantis (SWE)
- Leonardo Fabbri (ITA)
- Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- Markus Rooth (NOR)
- Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- Karsten Warholm (NOR)
Women's European Athlete of the Year nominees
- Nadia Battocletti (ITA)
- Femke Bol (NED)
- Sifan Hassan (NED)
- Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)
- Natalia Kaczmarek (POL)
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- Malaika Mihambo (GER)
- Yemisi Ogunleye (GER)
- Cyrena Samba-Mayela (FRA)
- Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
Men's Rising Star nominees
- Roko Farkas (CRO)
- Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen (NOR)
- Tomas Jarvinen (CZE)
- Iosif Kesidis (CYP)
- Niels Laros (NED)
- Hendrik Muller (GER)
- Michal Rada (CZE)
- Stanislaw Strzelecki (POL)
- Tom Tersek (SLO)
- Jarno Van Daalen (NED)
Women's Rising Star nominees
- Vita Barbic (CRO)
- Laura Frlickova (SVK)
- Phoebe Gill (GBR)
- Clara Hegemann (GER)
- Jana Koscak (CRO)
- Lurdes Gloria Manuel (CZE)
- Plamena Mitkova (BUL)
- Meta Tumba (FRA)
- Elisa Valensin (ITA)
- Adriana Vilagos (SRB)
The finalists in all four categories will be announced and revealed across social media on 8-9 October and all four winners will be crowned at the glittering Golden Tracks award ceremony on 26 October.
For the second year in a row, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Femke Bol were crowned 2023 European Athletes of the Year while Mattia Furlani and Angelina Topic, both of whom won silver medals in their respective events at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships, won the men's and women's Rising Star awards.
Who will follow in their illustrious footsteps on 26 October? Tune in to the live stream on our YouTube channel to find out!
Last 10 men’s European Athletes of the Year
- 2023 - Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2022 - Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) and Armand Duplantis (SWE)
- 2021 - Karsten Warholm (NOR)
- 2020 - not awarded
- 2019 - Karsten Warholm (NOR)
- 2018 - Kevin Mayer (FRA)
- 2017 - Johannes Vetter (GER)
- 2016 - Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2015 - Greg Rutherford (GBR)
- 2014 - Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
- 2013 - Mo Farah (GBR)
Last 10 women’s European Athletes of the Year
- 2023 - Femke Bol (NED)
- 2022 - Femke Bol (NED)
- 2021 - Sifan Hassan (NED)
- 2020 - not awarded
- 2019 - Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)
- 2018 - Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
- 2017 - Ekaterini Stefanidi (GRE)
- 2016 - Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2015 - Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2014 - Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2013 - Zuzana Hejnova (CZE)
Last 10 women’s Rising Star winners
- 2023 - Angelina Topic (SRB)
- 2022 - Elina Tzengko (GRE)
- 2021 - Femke Bol (NED)
- 2020 - not held
- 2019 - Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- 2018 - Elvira Herman (BLR)
- 2017 - Yuliia Levchenko (UKR)
- 2016 - Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
- 2015 - Noemi Zbaren (SUI)
- 2014 - Mariya Kuchina (RUS)
- 2013 - Anita Hinriksdottir (ISL)
Last 10 men’s Rising Stars
- 2023 - Mattia Furlani (ITA)
- 2022 - Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
- 2021 - Sasha Zhoya (FRA)
- 2020 - not held
- 2019 - Niklas Kaul (GER)
- 2018 - Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) and Armand Duplantis (SWE)
- 2017 - Karsten Warholm (NOR)
- 2016 - Max Hess (GER)
- 2015 - Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)
- 2014 - Adam Gemili (GBR)
- 2013 - Emir Bekric (SRB)
