Athletes Of The Year

About the Canadian Masters Athlete of the Year
Track – The Earl Fee Award
This award is named after Earl Fee, the great masters middle distance track athlete who, over age 90, is still active and is still setting many new Canadian and World records, and continues to inspire others.
Field – The Olga Kotelko Award
This award is named after the late Olga Kotelko, who set more age group World records than any other athlete, in all age groups from 80 to 95 years of age, and has been an inspiration to many people Worldwide, and a great ambassador for masters track and field.
Combined Events – The Ian Hume Award
This award is named after the late Ian Hume who, beginning with the first World Masters Championships in Toronto in 1975 and for a period of 25 years, won 29 World Championship medals and set 40 World records in 9 events, including the Pentathlon and the Decathlon.
Non-Stadia – The Ed Whitlock Award
This award is named after the late Ed Whitlock, the road racing legend who, at age 69, became the oldest man to run a marathon in under 3 hours, and today still holds dozens of Canadian Road records, as well as World records in the Marathon for M70, M75, M80 and M85.
Annual AOTY Winners
2021
2020
Cancelled
2019
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Earl Fee | Doreen Garner | Sunette Lessing | Natasha Wodak |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Stadia |
2018
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Karla Del Grande | Carol Lafayette-Boyd | Ted Rowan | Elizabeth Waywell |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Satdia |
2017
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Carol Lafayette-Boyd | Carol Lafayette-Boyd | Reidar Zapf-Gilje | Louise Voghel |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Satdia |
2016
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Ed Whitlock | Margaret Rhebergen | Reidar Zapf-Gilje | Ed Whitlock |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Satdia |
2015
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Lenore Montgomery |
Marie-Josée Le Jour | Reidar Zapf-Gilje | Johanna Flipsen |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Satdia |
2014
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Karla Del Grande | Olga Kotelko | Marie-Josée Le Jour | Mark Bennett |
Track | Field | Combined | Non-Satdia |
Presentations
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2013
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M80 Relay Earl Fee Ray Wardle Bill Thompson Ed Whitlock |
Karla Del Grande | Boris Zaitchouk | Christa Bortignon |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field- Female |
Awards Gala |
2012
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Marcel Jobin | Christa Bortignon | Garry Bachman | Christa Bortignon |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field – Female |
2011
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Ed Whitlock | Helly Visser | Marek Glowacki | Christa Bortignon |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field – Female |
2010
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Andre Francois | Johanna Flipsen | John Hawkins | Loretta Amerongen |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field – Female |
2009
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Earl Fee | Karla Del Grande | John Hawkins | Olga Kotelko |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field – Female |
2008
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Alain Boucher | Diane Palmason | Don Ritchie |
Margaret Tosh |
Running – Male | Running – Female | Field – Male | Field – Female |