LAUSANNE, January 5, 2015 – For the first time inhis career, German goalkeeper MANUEL NEUER – one of the leading figures in the football world especially withthe national team winner of the 2014FIFA World Cup held in Brazil and withBayern Munich in the Bundesliha - and also for the first time in her carreer Belorussian DARYA DOMRACHEVA – three times Olympicmedalist in Sochi 2014 arethe winners in the 2014 Edition of the EuropeanSportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards .
It was the 32nd annual poll conducted by the AIPS – EUROPE as the biggest continental section of AIPS and wasestablished in 1977 at the AIPS Congress in Milano Marittima.
Since 2003, the annual poll was named the Frank Taylor Trophy in honour of theformer president of both AIPS and UEPS.
Manuel Neuer won this year’s edition ahead of Swisstennis player Roger Federer while Darya Domracheva won ahead of Norwegian crosscountry skier Marit Bjorgen won the women's award for the EvgenBergant Trophy.
EUROPEAN SPORTSMEN andSPORTSWOMEN of the YEAR
MEN - Frank Taylor Trophy
2014 Manuel Neuer (Germany) football
2013 Mo Farah (Great Britain) athletics
2012 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) tennis
2011 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) tennis
2010 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Formula 1 motor racing
2009 Roger Federer (Switzerland) tennis
2008 RafaelNadal(Spain) tennis
2007 RogerFederer(Switzerland) tennis
2006 RogerFederer(Switzerland) tennis
2005 RogerFederer(Switzerland) tennis
2004 RogerFederer(Switzerland) tennis
2003 MichaelSchumacher (Germany) Formula 1 motor racing
2002 MichaelSchumacher (Germany) Formula 1 motor racing
2001 MichaelSchumacher (Germany) Formula 1 motor racing
2000 Pietervan Hoogenband (Netherland) swimming
1999 TomasDvorak (Czech Republic) athletics
1998 BjoernDaehlie(Norway) cross country skiing
1997 WilsonKipketer(Denmark) athletics
1996 AlexanderPopov (Russia) swimming
1995 JonathanEdwards (Great Britain) athletics
1994 MichaelSchumacher (Germany) Formula 1 motor racing
1993 LinfordChristie (GreatBritain) athletics
1992 VitalyScherbo (Commonwealth of the IndependentStates) gymnastics
1991 SergeyBubka (SovietUnion) athletics
1990 LotharMatthaeus(Germany) football
1989 BorisBecker(Germany) tennis
1988 SergeyBubka (SovietUnion) athletics
1987 StephenRoche(Ireland) cycling
1986 BorisBecker(Germany) tennis
1985 SergeyBubka (SovietUnion) athletics
1984 MichelPlatini(France) football
1983 MichaelGross(Germany) swimming
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WOMEN - Evgen Bergant Trophy
2014 Darya Domracheva (Belarus) biathlon
2013 Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
2012 Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) athletics
2011 Federica Pellegrini (Italy) swimming
2010 Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) athletics
2009 Blanka Vlasic(Croatia) athletics
2008 YelenaIsinbayeva (Russia) athletics
2007 JustineHenin(Belgium) tennis
2006 JustineHenin-Hardenne (Belgium) tennis
2005 YelenaIsinbayeva(Russia) athletics
2004 KellyHolmes (GreatBritain) athletics
2003 JustineHenin-Hardenne (Belgium) tennis
2002 JustineHenin-Hardenne (Belgium) tennis
2001 SvetlanaKhorkina(Russia) gymnastics
2000 Ingede Bruijn(Netherland) swimming
1999 GabrielaSzabo(Romania) athletics
1998 LarissaLazutina(Russia) cross-country skiing
1997 MartinaHingis(Switzerland) tennis
1996 SvetlanaMasterkova (Russia) athletics
1995 SteffiGraf(Germany) tennis
1994 ManuelaDi Centa(Italy) cross-country skiing
1993 Franziskavan Almsick (Germany) swimming
1992 KrisztinaEgerszegi (Hungary) swimming
1991 MonicaSeles(Yugoslavia) tennis
1990 KatrinKrabbe(Germany) athletics
1989 SteffiGraf(Germany) tennis
1988 KristinOtto(GDR) swimming
1987 SteffiGraf(Germany) tennis
1986 HeikeDrechsler(GDR) athletics
1985 MaritaKoch(GDR) athletics
1984 Marja-LiisaKirvesniemi (Finland) cross-countryskiing
1983 JarmilaKratochvilova (Czechoslovakia) athletics
