Hawker wins IAU Athlete of the Year
Hawker - IAU athlete of the year
After pretty much being the outstanding long distance female runner of 2011, Lizzy Hawker has been named the IAU Athlete of the Year by its global member federations, taking over 30% of the vote.
Italy“s Giorgio Calcaterra also easily won the men’s award, taking an even bigger percentage of the overall votes cast.
Both Calcaterra and Hawker had oustanding years. Calcaterra won the 100km World and European Championships in a time of 6:27:32. Hawker won the 24 Hour Commonwealth Championships in a World´s Best Performance of 247.06km. Congratulations to both athletes!
Giorgio Calcaterra
Congratulations and Kudos also extend to the other nominees on the list. It is because of the exemplary performances of all the athletes that we were abe to have such an oustanding ultrarunning season.
Top 3 Men (in the percentage of votes received)
Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) 43.4%
Ivan Cudin (ITA) 14.35
Erik Clavery (FRA) 11.8%
Top 3 Women (in the percenetage of votes received)
Lizzy Hawker (GBR) 30.2%
Marina Bychkova (RUS) 17.1%
Mami Kudo (JPN) 16%
