Have your say on who should be crowned men's European Athlete of the Year in 2025!
Sign up to cast your vote on the dedicated European Athlete of the Year voting platform here and you will also be in with a chance of winning prizes* including tickets to a European Athletics event in 2026, posters signed by an athlete attending the Golden Tracks awards and European Athletics merchandise!
The voting process is made up of four parts and the three finalists in all four categories, men's and women's European Athlete of the Year and men's and women's Rising Star, will be announced the week beginning 6 October.
- Public vote (25%)
- Member Federation vote (25%)
- Media vote (25%)
- European Athletics expert panel vote (25%)
Last year's men’s European Athlete of the Year was Sweden’s Armand Duplantis. Here are the 10 nominees for this year's European Athlete of the Year trophy in alphabetical order along with their principal achievements in 2025.
Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
- World discus record
- World discus record of 75.56m (first man over 75 metres)
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
- World pole vault champion
- World indoor pole vault champion
- World record on four occasions up to 6.30m
Mattia Furlani (ITA)
- World long jump champion
- World indoor long jump champion
- European indoor long jump silver
Jimmy Gressier (FRA)
- World 10,000m champion
- World 5000m bronze medallist
- Diamond League Final 3000m winner
- European half marathon champion
- European records at 5000m indoors (12:54.92) and 5km road (12:57)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- World indoor 1500m and 3000m gold
- European indoor 1500m and 3000m gold
- World records at indoor 1500m (3:29.63) and mile (3:45.14)
Isaac Nader (POR)
- World 1500m champion
- European indoor 1500m bronze
- European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division winner
Leo Neugebauer (GER)
- World decathlon champion
Pedro Pichardo (POR)
- World triple jump champion
- World leader (17.91m)
Sander Skotheim (NOR)
- World indoor heptathlon champion
- European indoor heptathlon champion
- Two European heptathlon records (6484 and 6558 points)
- World leader in decathlon (8909 points)
Daniel Ståhl (SWE)
- World discus champion
- European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division winner
Last 10 men's European Athletes of the Year
• 2024 – Armand Duplantis (SWE)
• 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)