{"id":381,"date":"2012-10-08T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/europe\/?p=381"},"modified":"2012-10-08T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T12:24:12","slug":"farah-voted-2012-european-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/europe\/news\/farah-voted-2012-european-athlete-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Farah voted 2012 European Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mo Farah voted 2012 European Athlete of the Year<\/p><\/div>\n

Great Britain\u2019s Mo Farah voted 2012 European Athlete of the Year<\/h1>\n

Mo Farah of Great Britain has been voted the 2012 winner of the men’s European Athlete of the Year Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Farah becomes just the second athlete to be named as the European Athlete of the Year for a second consecutive year \u2013 following on from Swedish triple jumper Christian Olsson in 2003 and 2004 \u2013 after his phenomenal double success over 5000m and 10,000m at the London 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Farah, 29, defended his European 5000m title in Helsinki to become the first man to win consecutive gold medals over the distance at the European Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n

Six weeks later, he captivated the 80,000 capacity crowd in the Olympic Stadium with two wins executed in spectacular fashion with blistering finishes over the last lap to become the first Briton to win Olympic titles in long distance running events.<\/p>\n

He became the seventh man, and fifth European, to do the distance double in the history of the Olympics but the first to achieve such a feat in front of a home audience.<\/p>\n

Farah opened his account with a tactically near-perfect 10,000m to cross the line in 27: 30.42. Despite subsequent European and world titles that win finally extinguished the anguish that Farah had felt four years ago in Beijing, when he failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games 5000m final.<\/p>\n

A week later, on the final night of athletics in the Olympic Stadium, he added the 5000m title to his ever-growing list of honours.<\/p>\n

He became the first man to simultaneously hold the triumvirate of European, world and Olympic titles over the distance.<\/p>\n

However, for the first few months of the 2012, such an emotional and climactic end to the year didn’t seem possible.<\/p>\n

He won only one of his four indoor competitions and, although he did set a European indoor two miles best, he also finished out of the medals in fourth place over 3000m at the World Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n

Once the outdoor season started though, Farah showed his true colours.<\/p>\n

He won over 5000m at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene in 12:56.98 in early June, the best time by a European runner this year, and never looked back thereafter.<\/p>\n

Farah\u2019s feats will be recognised at the European Athletics Awards Night in St Julians, Malta, on Saturday 13 October alongside those of the women’s winner of the European Athlete of the Year award, Jessica Ennis.<\/p>\n

The European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners, Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic and Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden, will be present to pick up their awards.<\/p>\n

Fans, media and European Athletics Member Federations were invited to vote for the European Athlete of the Year on the European Athletics website. Along with the votes from a panel of experts, each group of voters’ results count for one quarter of the athlete’s final score.<\/p>\n

The shortlist for the award included stars from this year’s Olympic Games in London, Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships, Istanbul 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and other young athletes who performed exceptionally well this year.<\/p>\n

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athlete of the Year award.<\/p>\n

Men’s 2012 European Athlete of the Year final rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Mo Farah (GBR)
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0 Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0 Robert Harting (GER)
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0 Tomasz Majewski (POL)
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0 Churandy Martina (NED)
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0 Krisztian Pars (HUN)
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin Borlee (BEL)
\n10. Greg Rutherford (GBR)
\n11. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
\n12. Vitezslav Vesely (CZE)
\n13. Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
\n14. Sergei Kirdyapkin (RUS)
\n15. Robbie Grabarz (GBR)<\/p>\n

European Athlete of the Year previous winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

1993 Linford Christie (GBR)
\n1994 Colin Jackson (GBR)
\n1995 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
\n1996 Jan Zelezny (CZE)
\n1997 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)
\n1998 Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
\n1999 Tom\u00e1s Dvorak (CZE)
\n2000 Jan Zelezny (CZE)
\n2001 Andr\u00e9 Bucher (SUI)
\n2002 Dwain Chambers (GBR)
\n2003 Christian Olsson (SWE)
\n2004 Christian Olsson (SWE)
\n2005 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
\n2006 Francis Obikwelu (POR)
\n2007 Tero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki (FIN)
\n2008 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
\n2009 Phillips Idowu (GBR)
\n2010 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
\n2011 Mo Farah (GBR)<\/p>\n

2012 season: Mo Farah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1500m<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:39.03i<\/td>\nPB\u00a0(23)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nAviva<\/td>\nGlasgow<\/td>\n28 Jan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:34.66<\/td>\nSB\u00a0(38)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nHigh Perf<\/td>\nEagle Rock CA<\/td>\n18 May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:47.50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1h1<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\nBirmingham<\/td>\n22 Jun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000m<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:37.40+i<\/td>\nSB\u00a0(10)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nAviva<\/td>\nBirmingham<\/td>\n18 Feb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:57.59i<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2h2<\/td>\nWC<\/td>\nIstanbul<\/td>\n9 Mar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:41.79i<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nWC<\/td>\nIstanbul<\/td>\n11 Mar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000m<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:12.87<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nHigh Perf<\/td>\nEagle Rock CA<\/td>\n18 May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:56.98<\/td>\nSB\u00a0(11)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nPre<\/td>\nEugene OR<\/td>\n2 Jun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:29.91<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nEC<\/td>\nHelsinki<\/td>\n27 Jun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:06.04<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nAviva<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n13 Jul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:26.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3h1<\/td>\nOG<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n8 Aug<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:41.66<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nOG<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n11 Aug<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10000m<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:30.42<\/td>\nSB\u00a0(38)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nOG<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n4 Aug<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Personal bests: Mo Farah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indoors:\u00a0<\/strong>
\n3000m:\u00a07:34.47 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Aviva Birmingham 21 Feb 2009
\n5000m:\u00a013:10.60 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Aviva Birmingham 19 Feb 2011<\/p>\n

Outdoors:<\/strong>
\n3000m: 7:38.15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03 Zagreb 2006 Zagreb 31 Aug 2006
\n5000m: 12:53.11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Herc Monaco 22 Jul 2011
\n10000m: 26:46.57 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 DL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eugene OR 3 Jun 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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