The 2013 African Sports Personality of the Year Awards Nominations
It is our tradition at African Sports Monthly to award the best Male and Female African Sports Personalities for their exploits on and off the field of play every year.
African Sports Monthly Magazine initiated the two category Awards for male and female athletes in 2010 at the year of our founding and have continued that tradition ever since save for the 2012 Award which was cancelled due to an internal decision by our organization. However the African Sports Personality of the Year Awards returns with bang this year (2013) with the re-launch of Africa’s Premier and only comprehensive sports publication; African Sports Monthly Magazine. Our Award is distinct, unique and discipline neutral meaning that we do not interfere with the continental governing bodies’ awards for their different sports, but rather award ours in a general category which fits perfectly into our domain of yearly coverage of all sports across Africa and internationally. For the 2013 award we have nominated the following Athletes for our prestigious two category Awards and they are: 2013 Male Sports Personality of the Year Nominees 1. Jacques Kallis – Cricket (Batsman) –South Africa 2. Yayah Toure – Soccer (Midfielder) – Cote D’Ivoire 3. John Mikel Obi – Soccer (Midfielder) - Nigeria 4. Wilson Kipsang – Marathon (World Record Holder) - Kenya 5. Didier Drogba – Soccer (Striker) – Cote D’Ivoire 6. Mohamed Aman – Track & Field (800 Meters) - Ethiopia 7. Hashim Amla – Cricket (Batsman)– South Africa 8. Lucas Sithole – Wheel chair Tennis (Singles Player)– South Africa 2013 Female Sports Personality of the Year Nominees 1. Murielle Ahoure – Track & Field (100 & 200 Meters)– Cote D’Ivoire 2. Blessing Okagbare – Track & Field (100, 200 meters & Long Jump) – Nigeria 3. Kenya Women’s Prisons Volleyball Squad (Team Volleyball) – Volleyball - Kenya 4. Meseret Defar – Track & Field ( 5000 & 10,000 meters)- Ethiopia 5. Tirunesh Dibaba – Track & Field (5000 & 10,000 meters)- Ethiopia 6. Amantle Montsho – Track & Field (400 meters) - Botswana 7. Eunice Sum – Track & Field (800 meters) – Kenya |
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2013 African Sports Personalities of the Year Nominees
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The African Sports Personality of the year Awards
The African Sports Personality of the Year Awards was created in 2010 by African Sports Monthly Magazine. Ever since the founding of the Magazine in July of 2010 its been our desire to create a way for African Athletes to be recognized for their efforts.
It is within our scope and Mandate to create and conduct the African Sports Personality of the year Awards as a Media Company that covers the exploits of Africa's athletes both at home on the continent and overseas through our Magazine African Sports Monthly and our daily sports news site African Sports TV.
Our Award is a sports discipline neutral award which does not interfere with any of Africa's Governing body's mandate to award athletes accolades within their disciplines but rather on a neutral and comprehensive level that seeks to recognize the most outstanding Athlete's of the year based on their Performance on the field and their activities within their communities.
It is within our scope and Mandate to create and conduct the African Sports Personality of the year Awards as a Media Company that covers the exploits of Africa's athletes both at home on the continent and overseas through our Magazine African Sports Monthly and our daily sports news site African Sports TV.
Our Award is a sports discipline neutral award which does not interfere with any of Africa's Governing body's mandate to award athletes accolades within their disciplines but rather on a neutral and comprehensive level that seeks to recognize the most outstanding Athlete's of the year based on their Performance on the field and their activities within their communities.
Past Winners
2011 Winners
Our 2011 Male Sports Personality of the Year Award went to Oscar Pistorius of South Africa (A Track and Field Athlete) the first disabled athlete to legally compete against able bodied athlete when he took to the track in Daegu South Korea at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in the 400 meters and the 4 X 400 meters relay. He more than made a statement for himself as he achieved something universally for disabled people that no one had done before and that is have the world see them as regular people.
Our 2011 Female Sports Personality of the Year went to Amantle Montsho of Botswana (A Track and Field Athlete) who won her first ever World Championships Gold medal in the 400 meters. She broke the Botswana national 400 meters record for women several times during the year on the lead up to her dominating performance at the World Championships. |
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2010 Winners
In our Inaugural Year (2010) we awarded the Tittle of Male African Sports Personality of the Year to Chad Le Clos of South Africa (A Swimmer) for his Outstanding and breakthrough performance in the Pool at the Youth Summer Olympic Games in Singapore and the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi India.
Our Female Sports Personality for the year for 2010 went to Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria (A Track and Field Athlete) who was phenomenal in her breakthrough performance in the 100 meters and the Long Jump as well as earning her the honors of the Female Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Country Association
Our Female Sports Personality for the year for 2010 went to Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria (A Track and Field Athlete) who was phenomenal in her breakthrough performance in the 100 meters and the Long Jump as well as earning her the honors of the Female Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Country Association