Also among the top three winners was Maria Perez from Spain.
Dutch runner Femke Bol recognized as the best track and field athlete of 2023 according to European Athletics.
This season, Bol won the European title in the indoor 400m and also completed the winning leg of the 4x400m relay for the Netherlands at the World Championships in Budapest. The Dutchwoman also became the first European athlete in history to run the 400m in under 52 seconds outdoors.
We would like to remind you that a Ukrainian claimed the title of best athlete of the year in Europe. Yaroslav Maguchikh. Also in the top three was Spain’s Maria Perez (race walking).
Let us remind you that another representative of Ukraine, Mikhail Brudin, claimed the title of “Rising Star” according to the European Athletics Federation. The winner in this category was the Italian Mattia Furlani.
UNSTOPPA-BOL! 👑
For the second year in a row, Femke Bol 🇳🇱 is the women’s European Athlete of the Year! 🏆
And Bol becomes the first athlete to win the award in back-to-back years since Dafne Schippers in 2014-15. 💫#GoldenTracks pic.twitter.com/DsjBMtcbEK
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) October 21, 2023
Source: Sportarena
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