| Index | ||||
| Athletics | ||||
| Awards | ||||
| Click on underlined Athletes to access photograph and career highlights | ||||
| European Athlete of the Year | ||||
| Men | Women | |||
| 1993 | Linford Christie | GBR | Sally Gunnell | GBR |
| 1994 | Colin Jackson | GBR | Irina Privalova | RUS |
| 1995 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL |
| 1996 | Jan Zelezny | CZE | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS |
| 1997 | Wilson Kipketer | DEN | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER |
| 1998 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | Christine Arron | FRA |
| 1999 | Tomas Dvorak | CZE | Gabriela Szabo | ROM |
| 2000 | Jan Zelezny | CZE | Trine Hattestad | NOR |
| 2001 | Andre Bucher | SUI | Stephanie Graf | AUT |
| 2002 | Dwain Chambers | GBR | Sureyya Ayhan | TUR |
| 2003 | Christian Olsson | SWE | Carolina Kluft | SWE |
| 2004 | Christian Olsson | SWE | Kelly Holmes | GBR |
| 2005 | Virgilijus Alekna | LTU | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS |
| 2006 | Francis Obikwelu | POR | Carolina Kluft | SWE |
| 2007 | Tero Pitkamaki | FIN | Blanka Vlasic | CRO |
| 2008 | Andreas Thorkildsen | NOR | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS |
| 2009 | Phillips Idowu | GBR | Marta Dominguez | ESP |
| 2010 | Christophe Lemaitre | FRA | Blanka Vlasic | CRO |
| 2011 | Mo Farah | GBR | Mariya Savinova | RUS |