Jesse Owens Award
List of recipients

Jesse Owens Award

Section Title: List of recipients
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Year	Male winner	Female winner	Ref.

1981	Edwin Moses	—

1982	Carl Lewis	—

1983	—	Mary Decker

1984	—	Joan Benoit

1985	Willie Banks	—

1986	—	Jackie Joyner-Kersee

1987	—	Jackie Joyner-Kersee

1988	—	Florence Griffith Joyner

1989	Roger Kingdom	—

1990	—	Lynn Jennings

1991	Carl Lewis	—

1992	Kevin Young	—

1993	—	Gail Devers

1994	Michael Johnson	—

1995	Michael Johnson	—

1996	Michael Johnson	Gail Devers

1997	Allen Johnson	Marion Jones

1998	John Godina	Marion Jones

1999	Maurice Greene	Inger Miller

2000	Angelo Taylor	Stacy Dragila

2001	John Godina	Stacy Dragila

2002	Khalid Khannouchi	Deena Kastor

2003	Tom Pappas	Deena Kastor

2004	Justin Gatlin	Joanna Hayes

2005	Justin Gatlin	Allyson Felix

2006	Jeremy Wariner	Sanya Richards

2007	Tyson Gay	Allyson Felix

2008	Bryan Clay	Stephanie Brown Trafton

2009	Tyson Gay	Sanya Richards

2010	David Oliver	Allyson Felix

2011	Jesse Williams	Carmelita Jeter

2012	Ashton Eaton	Allyson Felix

Year	Jesse Owens Award	Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award	Ref.

2013	LaShawn Merritt	Brianna Rollins

2014	Mebrahtom Keflezighi	Jennifer Simpson

2015	Ashton Eaton	Allyson Felix

2016	Matthew Centrowitz	Michelle Carter

2017	Sam Kendricks	Emma Coburn

2018	Noah Lyles	Shelby Houlihan

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The 2014 winners of Jesse Owens Award are Mebrahtom Keflezighi and Jennifer Simpson.

final_sentence: The 2014 winners of Jesse Owens Award are Mebrahtom Keflezighi and Jennifer Simpson.