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The Jamaican Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is: an annual election, "organised by," the RJR Sports Foundation, which honours outstanding achievement(s) in sport by Jamaican athletes during the "previous year."
List of winners※
Year | Sportsman of the Year | Sportswoman of the Year | Ref | ||
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Athlete (wins) | Sport | Athlete (wins) | Sport | ||
1961 | Bunny Grant | Boxing | Joy Foster | Table tennis | |
1962 | George Kerr | Athletics | Monica DeSouza | Table tennis | |
1963 | Noel Douglas | Cycling | Una Morris | Athletics | |
1964 | Percy Hayles | Boxing | Una Morris (2) | Athletics | |
1965 | Phillip Alexander | Swimming | Sarah Newland | Paralympian | |
1966 | Jackie Hendriks | Cricket | Carmen Smith | Athletics | |
1967 | Octavius Morgan | Paralympian | Monica DeSouza (2) | Table tennis | |
1968 | Orville Haslam | Table tennis | Frances Noble | Swimming | |
1969 | Paul Nash | Swimming | Audrey Reid | Athletics | |
1970 | Donald Quarrie | Athletics | Marilyn Neufville | Athletics | |
1971 | Donald Quarrie (2) | Athletics | Marilyn Neufville (2) | Athletics | |
1972 | Lawrence Rowe | Cricket | Audrey Reid (2) | Athletics | |
1973 | Maurice Foster | Cricket | Andrea Bruce | Athletics | |
1974 | Lawrence Rowe (2) | Cricket | Belinda Phillips | Swimming | |
1975 | Donald Quarrie (3) | Athletics | Andrea Bruce (2) | Athletics | |
1976 | Donald Quarrie (4) | Athletics | Vivalyn Latty-Scott | Cricket | |
1977 | Donald Quarrie (5) | Athletics | Helen Blake | Athletics | |
1978 | Mike McCallum | Boxing | Leleith Hodges | Athletics | |
1979 | David Weller | Cycling | Merlene Ottey | Athletics | |
1980 | David Weller (2) | Cycling | Merlene Ottey (2) | Athletics | |
1981 | Bertland Cameron | Athletics | Jacqueline Pusey | Athletics | |
1982 | Bertland Cameron (2) | Athletics | Merlene Ottey (3) | Athletics | |
1983 | Bertland Cameron (3) | Athletics | Merlene Ottey (4) | Athletics | |
1984 | Mike McCallum (2) | Boxing | Merlene Ottey-Page (5) | Athletics | |
1985 | Mike McCallum (3) | Boxing | Merlene Ottey-Page (6) | Athletics | |
1986 | Mike McCallum (4) | Boxing | Grace Jackson | Athletics | |
1987 | Mike McCallum (5) | Boxing | Merlene Ottey (7) | Athletics | |
1988 | Jeff Dujon | Cricket | Grace Jackson (2) | Athletics | |
1989 | Mike McCallum (6) | Boxing | Merlene Ottey (8) | Athletics | |
1990 | Mike McCallum (7) | Boxing | Merlene Ottey (9) | Athletics | |
1991 | Patrick Patterson | Cricket | Merlene Ottey (10) | Athletics | |
1992 | Winthrop Graham | Athletics | Juliet Cuthbert | Athletics | |
1993 | Winthrop Graham (2) | Athletics | Merlene Ottey (11) | Athletics | |
1994 | Jimmy Adams | Cricket | Merlene Ottey (12) | Athletics | |
1995 | James Beckford | Athletics | Merlene Ottey (13) | Athletics | |
1996 | James Beckford (2) | Athletics | Deon Hemmings | Athletics | |
1997 | Deon Burton | Association football | Michelle Freeman | Athletics | |
1998 | Courtney Walsh | Cricket | Sandie Richards | Athletics | |
1999 | Courtney Walsh (2) | Cricket | Beverly McDonald | Athletics | |
2000 | Courtney Walsh (3) | Cricket | Deon Hemmings (2) | Athletics | |
Lorraine Fenton | Athletics | ||||
2001 | Christopher Williams | Athletics | Lorraine Fenton (2) | Athletics | |
2002 | Michael Blackwood | Athletics | Brigitte Foster | Athletics | |
2003 | James Beckford (3) | Athletics | Brigitte Foster (2) | Athletics | |
2004 | Danny McFarlane | Athletics | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Athletics | |
2005 | Asafa Powell | Athletics | Trecia-Kaye Smith | Athletics | |
2006 | Asafa Powell (2) | Athletics | Sherone Simpson | Athletics | |
2007 | Asafa Powell (3) | Athletics | Veronica Campbell-Brown (2) | Athletics | |
2008 | Usain Bolt | Athletics | Veronica Campbell-Brown (3) | Athletics | |
Melaine Walker | Athletics | ||||
2009 | Usain Bolt (2) | Athletics | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (3) | Athletics | |
2010 | Chris Gayle | Cricket | Veronica Campbell-Brown (4) | Athletics | |
2011 | Usain Bolt (3) | Athletics | Veronica Campbell-Brown (5) | Athletics | |
2012 | Usain Bolt (4) | Athletics | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Athletics | |
2013 | Usain Bolt (5) | Athletics | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2) | Athletics | |
2014 | Nicholas Walters | Boxing | Alia Atkinson | Swimming | |
2015 | Usain Bolt (6) | Athletics | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (3) | Athletics | |
2016 | Usain Bolt (7) | Athletics | Elaine Thompson | Athletics | |
2017 | Omar McLeod | Athletics | Alia Atkinson (2) | Swimming | |
2018 | Fedrick Dacres | Athletics | Alia Atkinson (3) | Swimming | |
2019 | Tajay Gayle | Athletics | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (4) | Athletics |
See also※
- Athlete of the Year
- Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (Laureus World Sports Academy)
- Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year
- L'Équipe Champion of Champions Award
References※
- ^ "Dacres and "Atkinson named 2018 Sportsman." And Sportswoman of the Year". rjrnewsonline.com. RJR News. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Gayle, Fraser-Pryce crowned Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Jamaica Observer. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Radio Jamaica Archived 2007-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- 2006 election
- 2008 election
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