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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