June saw Germany regain their position as the continent’s premier athletics nation at the European Athletics Team Championships on home soil in Braunschweig.
Several of the German performances there, and a number from other nations, make the short list of nominees for June’s European Athlete of the Month.
In addition, there was the European Cup 10,000m, three IAAF Diamond League meetings and a multitude of other European Athletics permit meetings.
All of them played host considerable successes by European athletes.
Consequently, European Athletics pleased to announce that athletes from 10 different countries have been nominated for the June award of European Athlete of the Month.
At the end of each month, a panel of experts produces a short list of the outstanding athletes and performances achieved by European athletes during that month, which is then mailed to the European athletics media and thousands of fans who have signed up to receive news from European Athletics.
Click here to cast your media vote for the men's category and here for the women's category.
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The European Athlete of the Month fan voting takes place through our Facebook page, while members of the media can cast their vote on our website.
Fans are also able to vote through the European Athletics mobile applications on iPhone and Android phones.
The public, media and a group of expert statisticians cast their votes for the European Athlete of the Month with each category counting as 33.3 per cent of the vote.
For example, the winner of each poll will be awarded 10 points, second 9 points, etc. and the athlete with the most points after the three different polls have been counted will be declared the winner.
In the unlikely event of a tie, Hansjörg Wirz, the president of European Athletics, will have the casting vote.
The voting will close on Monday 14 July at noon CET.
The European Athlete of the Month initiative was launched in January 2007 and is designed to recognise outstanding performers at all levels of the sport in Europe.
No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athlete of the Month.
MEN
Andreas Hoffmann GER (javelin): the 2009 European junior champion improved his personal best by more than two metres when launching his spear out to 86.13m with his first throw to win early on the second day of the European Athletics Team Championships.
Arne Gabius GER (3000m/5000m): ran a European-leading time of 7:41.41 for the shorter distance in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 17 June and then helped his country to triumph with a win at the European Athletics Team Championships over 5000m.
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR (high jump): the reigning world champion and 2013 European Athlete of the Year equalled the European record by going over 2.42m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York on 14 June.
Chijindu Ujah GBR (100m): still just 20, the British sprinter stunned onlookers when he sped to a personal best of 9.96 in the Dutch town of Hengelo on 8 June, the second fastest time of the year by a European and the 11th European man under 10 seconds.
David Omoregie GBR (110m hurdles): clocked a junior world-leading time of 13.61 over the senior barriers at the Welsh Championships at the start of the month before setting a European junior record of 13.17 over the junior height in Bedford on 22 June.
David Storl GER (shot put): the two-time IAAF World Championships gold medallist helped his country to victory with a win at the European Athletics Team Championships and then set a personal best and European-leading distance of 21.90m at Schönebeck on 27 June.
Homiyu Tesfaye GER (1500m/mile): ran 3:31.98 for the metric distance in Rome on 5 June and followed that up with 3:49.86 for the classic distance in Oslo on 11 June; both marks were personal bests and also the fastest times by a European runner this year.
Jacob Holusa CZE (1500m): better known as an 800m runner, he timed his finish to perfection to win the 1500m at the European Athletics Team Championships in a championship record 3:37.74; he also finished second in the 3000m.
Kristzian Pars HUN (hammer): the 2012 London Olympic Games champion won all five of his competitions during June, including a victory in the Czech town of Ostrava on 16 June where he threw a world-leading distance of 81.57m.
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA (110m hurdles): despite a defeat at the European Athletics Team Championships, the Frenchman remains the quickest European and ran 13.12 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on 11 June, a world-leading mark at the time.
Polat Kemboi Arikan TUR (10,000m): the 2012 European champion showed once again that he’s the man for the big occasion over 25 laps of the track when winning the European Cup race for the second time, crossing the line in Skopje on 7 June in 28:17.14.
Robert Harting GER (discus): the triple IAAF World Championships gold medallist won all six of his outings in June, including at the European Athletics Team Championships. His throw of 68.47m in Hengelo on 8 June is the second best distance in the world this year.
WOMEN
Abeba Aregawi SWE (1500m): the reigning world champion indoors and out ran 4:00.13 to win at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York, and also won at the European Athletics Team Championships.
Anzhelika Sidorova RUS (pole vault): the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships silver medallist equalled the best height by a European this summer when going over 4.65m to win at the European Athletics Team Championships.
Barbora Å potáková CZE (javelin): made her return to serious competition after maternity leave in 2013 with an unbeaten three wins, throwing what was then a European-leading mark of 66.43m to win at the at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome on 5 June.
Betty Heidler GER (hammer): produced a world-leading effort of 78.00m in the Czech city of Ostrava on 16 June; she was unbeaten in June with two other good wins as well, including a comfortable victory at the European Athletics Team Championships.
Christina Schwanitz GER (shot put): the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medallist remains the outstanding European in her event with three wins from four competitions in June, including a victory at the European Athletics Team Championships.
Cindy Billaud FRA (100m hurdles): sped to a season’s best of 12.66 for a championship record at the European Athletics Team Championships, the second fastest European time of the year; her win was crucial because France made the podium for the first time.
Clémence Calvin FRA (10,000m): won the first major international title of her career when she took the honours at the European Cup race in the Macedonian capital of Skopje on 7 June, winning in 31:52.86 on her debut over 25 laps of the track.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR (heptathlon): the talented 21-year-old athlete won at the prestigious multi-events competition in the Austrian town of Götzis on 1 June after putting together a personal best and world-leading total of 6682 points.
Malaika Mihambo GER (long jump): still only 20, the 2013 European junior champion jumped a European-leading distance and personal best of 6.90m at the European Athletics Team Championships; she also jumped 6.88m in Regensburg on 7 June.
Sandra Perkovic CRO (discus): the reigning World and Olympic champion continued her magnificent unbeaten season with good wins at the IAAF Diamond League in Oslo and at the European Athletics Team Championships Second League meeting in Riga, Latvia.
Sifan Hassan NED (3000m): won in commanding fashion at the European Athletics Team Championships in a European-leading time of 8:45.24; she also had a good win over 1500m on home soil in the Dutch town of Hengelo on 8 June with a fast 4:01.89.
Yekaterina Poistogova RUS (800m): the London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medallist continues to be Europe’s top runner over two laps of the track and had two excellent wins in June, including an impressive victory at the European Athletics Team Championships.