Have your say on who should be crowned women’s European Athlete of the Year in 2026!
Sign up to cast your vote by 28 September and you will also be in with a chance of winning prizes* including tickets to a European Athletics event in 2027, 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 from 1 October, with the overall winners revealed at the prestigious Golden Tracks awards ceremony in Lausanne on 24 October.
Winners will be decided based on:
- Public vote (25%)
- Member Federation vote (25%)
- Media vote (25%)
- European Athletics expert panel vote (25%)
Last year's women’s European Athlete of the Year was the Netherlands’ Femke Broeders-Bol. Here are the 10 nominees for this year's European Athlete of the Year trophy in alphabetical order along with their principal achievements in 2026.
Nadia Battocletti (ITA)
- European 5000m and 10,000m champion
- World indoor 3000m champion
- European cross country champion
Sofia Fiorini (ITA)
- European marathon race walk champion
- World record-holder at 3:15:11
Amy Hunt (GBR)
- European 100m, 200m, 4x100m and mixed 4x100m champion
- Commonwealth Games 100m silver medallist
Georgia Hunter Bell (GBR)
- European 1500m champion
- World indoor 1500m champion
- Commonwealth Games 800m champion
Henriette Jaeger (NOR)
- European 400m and mixed 4x400m champion
- World Relays women’s 4x400m winner
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- European high jump champion
- World indoor high jump champion
- Ultimate high jump champion
- World leader with 2.03m
Mariá Pérez (ESP)
- European half marathon race walk champion
- World record-holder at 1:30:06
Jessica Schilder (NED)
- European shot put champion
- 13 competitions over 20 metres
- First woman over 21m in 15 years
Audrey Werro (SUI)
- European 800m champion
- World indoor 800m silver medallist
- Diamond League 800m champion
- World Ultimate 800m champion
- Third on the world all-time list with 1:53.70
Emma Zapletalová (SVK)
- European 400m hurdles champion
- Sixth on the world all-time list with 52.30
Last 10 women’s European Athletes of the Year
- 2025 – Femke Broeders-Bol (NED)
- 2024 – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- 2023 – Femke Broeders-Bol (NED)
- 2022 - Femke Broeders-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)