2010 Road Runners and Marathon Runners of the Year - World and by Areas

All-Athletics.com announced the 2010 Road Runners and 2010 Marathon Runners of the Year in the World as well as in the different Areas.

All-Athletics.com 2010 World Road Runner of the Year:

• Male: Leonard Patrick Komon (Kenya)
• Female: Florence Kiplagat (Kenya)

 All-Athletics.com 2010 World Marathon Runner of the Year:

• Male: Patrick Makau Musyoki (Kenya)
• Female: Liliya Shobukhova (Russia)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in Africa

• Male: Leonard Patrick Komon (Kenya)
• Female: Florence Kiplagat (Kenya)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in Africa

• Male: Patrick Makau Musyoki (Kenya)
• Female: Atsede Bayisa (Ethiopia)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in Asia:

• Male: Al Mustapha Riyadh (Bahrain)
• Female: Xiaolin Zhu (China)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in Asia:

• Male: Young-Joon Ji (Korea)
• Female: Chunxiu Zhou (China)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in Europe:

• Male: Alistair Ian Cragg (Ireland)
• Female: Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in Europe:

• Male: Dmitriy Safronov (Russia)
• Female: Liliya Shobukhova (Russia)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in North and Central America:

• Male: Mohamed Trafeh (USA)
  
• Female: Katie McGregor (USA)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in North and Central America:

• Male: Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA)
  
• Female: Shalane Flanagan (USA)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in Oceania:

• Male: Shawn Forrest (Australia)
• Female: Kimberley Smith (New Zealand)
  

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in Oceania:

• Male: Michael Shelley (Australia)
• Female: Kimberley Smith (New Zealand)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Road Runner of the Year in South America:

• Male: Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil)
• Female: Rosa Godoy (Argentina)

All-Athletics.com 2010 Marathon Runner of the Year in South America:

• Male: Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil)
• Female: Adriana Aparecida da Silva (Brazil)

Notes:
- The athletes of the year are determined based on the rankings dated  4 January2011. The All-Athletics.com Rankings are published weekly.
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(Photo pf Patrick Makau Musyoki by Regani; licence)