Kate O’Connor has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 European Women’s Athlete of the Year award.
O’Connor’s nomination comes after a phenomenal season where she claimed:
- 🥈 Silver in the heptathlon at the World Championships
- 🥈 Silver in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships
- 🥉 Bronze in the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships
- 🥇 World University Games gold medallist in heptathlon
Her consistency across major global events has made her one of the standout multi-event athletes in Europe this year – and now she’s in the running for one of the continent’s top honours.
🗳️ How to Vote
Voting is open to the public and forms part of a four-way decision process:
- Public vote (25%)
- Member Federation vote (25%)
- Media vote (25%)
- European Athletics expert panel vote (25%)
Voting Platform HERE (Registration required)
You can cast your vote on the official European Athlete of the Year voting platform and be in with a chance to win prizes including:
- 🎟️ Tickets to a European Athletics event in 2026
- 🖼️ Signed posters from Golden Tracks athletes
- 🧢 European Athletics merchandise
Voting closes ahead of the Golden Tracks awards ceremony, which takes place on 25 October in Batumi, Georgia, where the winners will be officially crowned.
🏆 The Competition
Kate is up against some of Europe’s elite, including:
- Femke Bol (NED) – World 400m hurdles champion
- Ditaji Kambundji (SUI) – World 100m hurdles champion
- Nadia Battocletti (ITA) – World 10,000m silver medallist …and more.
The last 10 women’s European Athletes of the Year
- 2024 – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- 2023 – Femke Bol (NED)
- 2022 – Femke Bol (NED)
- 2021 – Sifan Hassan (NED)
- 2020 – not awarded
- 2019 – Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)
- 2018 – Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
- 2017 – Ekaterini Stefanidi (GRE)
- 2016 – Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2015 – Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2014 – Dafne Schippers (NED)
