Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana were named World Athletics Athlete of the Year award winners for 2024. Hassan won marathon gold and 5000m and 10,000m bronze at the Paris Games.

The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year on Sunday after they both scooped multiple medals at the Paris Olympics.

Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo were named as the World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has become the first Dutch sportswoman to be named World Athlete of the Year at a ceremony held by the sport’s governing body. Hassan, 31, won a fans’ poll after taking the gold medal on the streets of Paris to clime her third Olympic title and sixth medal.

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named 'Athletes of the Ye

Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo have been announced as World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco

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Letsile Tebogo, a sprinter from Botswana, and Sifan Hassan, a Dutch marathon runner who won gold at the Olympics in The post Tebogo Named Male World Athlete of the Year first appeared on Africa Top Sports.