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World Athlete of the Year

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World Athlete of the Year

Summary

World Athlete of the Year is a sports award[1]. It draws 677 Wikipedia views per month (sports_award category, ranking #145 of 536).[2]

Key Facts

  • World Athlete of the Year's instance of is recorded as sports award[3].
  • 1988 marks the founding of World Athlete of the Year[4].
  • World Athlete of the Year began on 1988[5].
  • World Athlete of the Year's sport is recorded as athletics[6].
  • World Athlete of the Year's official website is recorded as https://www.worldathletics.org/awards[7].
  • World Athlete of the Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:IAAF World Athlete of the Year[8].
  • World Athlete of the Year's conferred by is recorded as World Athletics[9].
  • World Athlete of the Year's topic has template is recorded as Template:IAAF World Athlete of the Year (men)[10].

Why It Matters

World Athlete of the Year draws 677 Wikipedia views per month (sports_award category, ranking #145 of 536).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conferred by → World Athletics
    Aliases → —
    Website → —
    Instance of → sports award
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Usain Bolt 2011 World Athletics Gala.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
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