Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

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Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award
Awarded forbest disabled male athlete
CountryUnited States
Presented byESPN
First awarded 2005
Currently held by Brad Snyder (USA)
Website www.espn.co.uk/espys/

The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of disabled sports. [1] Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, [2] the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, [3] is presented to the disabled sportsman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. [1] The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen). [4] Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. [1] It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. [5]

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The inaugural winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2005 was Paralympic track and field competitor Marlon Shirley, who won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and was the first para-athlete to go below eleven seconds in the men's 100-meter category with a time of 10.97 seconds. [6] In 2015, South African wheelchair racer Krige Schabort was selected as the recipient of the award. As of 2018, he is the only athlete born outside of the United States to have won the accolade, [7] though three additional foreign sportsmen have earned nominations. Track and field athletes have won more awards than any other sport with four with three triathlon winners and two winners each coming in sledge hockey, mixed martial arts, and wrestling. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] The most recent winner of the award was American para-swimmer Brad Snyder in 2022. [9]

Winners and nominees

Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award winners and nominees
YearImageAthleteNationalitySportNomineesRefs
2005 Marlon Shirley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Paralympic track and field Rudy Garcia-Tolson (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Paul Martin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
[6] [10]
2006 Bobby Martin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States American football Steve Cook (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Anthony Robles (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wrestling
[11] [12]
2007 Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) 1st Class Casey Tibbs at the 2007 ESPY Awards.jpg Casey Tibbs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Paralympic track and field Robin Ammerlaan (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – Wheelchair tennis
Josh George (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Paralympic track and field
Krige Schabort (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – Wheelchair racing
[13] [14]
2008 Ryan Kocer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wrestling Philip Scholz (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Matt Scott (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair basketball
Marthell Vazquez (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Soccer
[15] [16]
2009 Jason Lester hits mile 2,400 on day 50 of Journey for a Better World.png Jason P. Lester Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Triathlon Jeremy Campbell (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Paralympic track and field
Will Groulx (Flag of the United States.svg  USAWheelchair rugby
Oscar Pistorius (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – Paralympic track and field
[17] [18]
2010 Steve Cash 2015.jpg Steve Cash Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sledge hockey Rudy Garcia-Tolson (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon
Andy Soule (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
[19] [20]
2011 Anthony Robles Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wrestling Chris Devlin-Young (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
Aaron Scheidies (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon
Jerome Singleton (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Paralympic track and field
Steve Wampler (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Climbing
[21] [22]
2012 Kyle Maynard on Mountain.jpg Kyle Maynard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Mixed martial arts Baxter Humby (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – Mixed martial arts
Raymond Martin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Oz Sanchez (Flag of the United States.svg  USACycling
Tyler Walker (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
[4] [23]
2013 Jeremy Campbell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Paralympic track and field Jeff Fabry (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Archery
Raymond Martin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Brad Snyder (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Tyler Walker (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
[24] [25]
2014 Declan Farmer.jpg Declan Farmer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sledge hockey Mark Bathum (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
Raymond Martin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Mike Shea (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Snowboarding
Evan Strong (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Boardercross
[26] [27]
2015 Krige Schabort Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wheelchair racing Joseph Berenyi (Flag of the United States.svg  USACycling
Josh Pauls (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sledge hockey
Mike Shea (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Snowboarding
Andy Soule (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
[7] [28]
2016 Richard Browne - Parathlete (Cropped).jpg Richard Browne Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Paralympic track and field Joseph Berenyi (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Aaron Fotheringham (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Skateboarding/BMX
Nikko Landeros (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sledge hockey
Brad Snyder (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
[29] [30]
2017 Steve Serio 2011-05-07.jpg Steve Serio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wheelchair basketball Will Groulx (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Mike Minor (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Snowboarding
Brad Snyder (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Roderick Townsend-Roberts (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Paralympic track and field
[31] [32]
2018 Mike Schultz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Snowboarding Daniel Cnossen (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Biathlon
Declan Farmer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sledge hockey
Andrew Kurka (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
[33] [34]
2019 Mark Barr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Triathlon Declan Farmer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sledge hockey
Daniel Romanchuk (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Marathon
Oz Sanchez (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
[35] [36]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 Chris Nikic Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Triathlon Evan Austin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Jesse Billauer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Surfing
Keith Gabel (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Snowboarding
[37] [38]
2022 Brad Snyder Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Swimming Declan Farmer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sledge hockey
Nick Mayhugh (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Paralympic track and field
Ian Seidenfeld (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Para table tennis
[9] [39]

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