Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award

The Best Olympian, Men's Sports ESPY Award formerly known as the Best U.S. Male Olympian ESPY Award has been presented annually since 2009 to the sportsman or team affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the Best Male Olympic Performance ESPY Award, which was presented in 2005, and the Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award presented in 2006.

Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, and the award is conferred in June to reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous.

List of winners

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Year Athlete Sport contested Other nominees
2009 Michael Phelps Swimming Bryan Clay (Track and field)
LaShawn Merritt (Track and field)
Angelo Taylor (Track and field)
2010 Shaun White[1] Snowboarding Apolo Anton Ohno (Speedskating)
Shani Davis (Speedskating)
Evan Lysacek (Figure Skating)
Bode Miller (Skiing)
2011 No award presented
2012
2013 Michael Phelps Swimming Ashton Eaton (Decathlon)
Ryan Lochte (Swimming)
2014 Sage Kotsenburg Snowboarding Joss Christensen (Freestyle skiing)
Ted Ligety (Alpine skiing)
Charlie White (Ice dancing)
David Wise (Half-pipe skiing)
2015 No award presented
2016
2017 Michael Phelps Swimming Ashton Eaton (Decathlon)
Ryan Murphy (Swimming)
Kyle Snyder (Wrestling)
2018 Shaun White[2] Snowboarding Red Gerard (Snowboarding)
David Wise (Skiing)
John Shuster (Curling)
2019 No award presented
2020
2021
2022 Caeleb Dressel[3] Swimming Nathan Chen (Figure skating)
Declan Farmer (Sledge hockey)
Nick Mayhugh (Track and field)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Brees wins male athlete award, 3 other ESPYS". ESPN.com. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  2. ^ Sanchez, Omar (18 July 2018). "ESPY Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2022 ESPYS: Full list of award winners". ESPN.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.