Middle- and Long-distance runners and Steeplechasers of the Year in 2009

All-Athletics.com announces the Middle-distance runners, Long-distance runners (track) and Steeplechase runners  of the Year in 2009 in the World and in the different Areas, based on the All-Athletics.com Rankings.

All-Athletics.com World Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009:
(800-1500m)

• Male: Augustine Kiprono Choge (Kenya)
• Female: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain)

All-Athletics.com World Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009:
(5000-10000m)

• Male: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)
• Female: Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)

All-Athletics.com World Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009:

• Male: Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya)
• Female: Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (Kenya)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Europe:

• Male: Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia)
• Female: Lisa Dobriskey (Great Britain & NI)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Europe:

• Male: Mohammed Farah (Great Britain & NI)
• Female: Mariya Konovalova (Russia)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in Europe:

• Male: Bouabdallah Tahri (France)
• Female: Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (Russia)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Africa:

• Male: Augustine Kiprono Choge (Kenya)
• Female: Gelete Burka (Ethiopia)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Africa:

• Male: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)
• Female: Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in Africa:

• Male: Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya)
• Female: Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (Kenya)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in North and Central America:

• Male: Gary Reed (Canada)
• Female: Anna Willard (USA)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in North and Central America:

• Male: Bernard Lagat (USA)
• Female: Amy Yoder-Begley (USA)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in North and Central America:

• Male: Dan Huling (USA)
• Female: Jenny Barringer (USA)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Oceania:

• Male: Jeffrey Riseley (Australia)
• Female: Madeleine Pape (Australia)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Oceania:

• Male: Collis Birmingham (Australia)
• Female: Kimberley Smith (New Zealand)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in Oceania:

• Male: Youcef Abdi (Australia)
• Female: Leonora Joy (New Zealand)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Asia:

• Male: Youssef Saad Kamel (Bahrain)
• Female: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in Asia:

• Male: James Kwalia C'Kurui (Qatar)
• Female: Yurika Nakamura (Japan)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in Asia:

• Male: Tareq Mubarak Taher (Bahrain)
• Female: Yoshika Tatsumi (Japan)

All-Athletics.com Middle-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in South America:

• Male: Fabiano Pecanha (Brazil)
• Female: Rosibel García (Colombia)

All-Athletics.com Long-distance Runner of the Year in 2009 in South America:

• Male: Marilson Gomes Dos Santos (Brazil)
• Female: Ines Melchor (Peru)

All-Athletics.com Steeplechase Runner of the Year in 2009 in South America:

• Male: Mario Bazan (Peru)
• Female: Sabine Letícia Heitling (Brazil)

 (Photo by Bálint Igaz)