Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Best Comeback Athlete

illness, injury, personal or familial hardship, retirement
, or significant loss of form.

Between 1993 and

sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet
from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous.[1] The award wasn't awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

Year Sportsperson Nationality Team Competition,
federation,
or league 		Sport
1993 Dave Winfield  United States Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball Baseball
1994 Mario Lemieux  Canada Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League Ice hockey
1995 Dan Marino  United States Miami Dolphins National Football League American football
1996 Michael Jordan  United States Chicago Bulls National Basketball Association Basketball
1997 Evander Holyfield  United States not applicable not applicable[2] Boxing
(Heavyweight)
1998 Roger Clemens  United States Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball Baseball
1999 Eric Davis  United States Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball Baseball
2000 Lance Armstrong  United States
US Postal
 UCI ProTour Road bicycle racing
2001 Andrés Galarraga  Venezuela Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Baseball
2002 Jennifer Capriati  United States not applicable WTA Tour Tennis
2003 Tommy Maddox  United States Pittsburgh Steelers National Football League American football
2004 Bethany Hamilton  United States surfing not applicable[3] Surfing
2005
Mark Fields
  United States Carolina Panthers National Football League American football
2006 Tedy Bruschi  United States New England Patriots National Football League American football
2007 No award given
2008 Josh Hamilton  United States Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Baseball
2009 Dara Torres  United States not applicable not applicable Swimming
2010 Kim Clijsters  Belgium not applicable WTA Tour Tennis
2011 Mark Herzlich  United States Boston College Eagles
Division I FBS
) 		American football
2012 Matthew Stafford  United States Detroit Lions National Football League (NFL) American football
2013 Adrian Peterson  United States Minnesota Vikings National Football League (NFL) American football
2014 Russell Westbrook  United States Oklahoma City Thunder National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball
2015 Rob Gronkowski  United States New England Patriots National Football League (NFL) American football
2016 Eric Berry  United States Kansas City Chiefs National Football League (NFL) American football
2017 Jordy Nelson  United States Green Bay Packers National Football League (NFL) American football
2018 Not awarded
2019 St. Louis Blues  United States St. Louis Blues National Hockey League (NHL) Ice Hockey
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Not awarded
2022 Klay Thompson  United States Golden State Warriors National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball
2023 Jamal Murray  Canada Denver Nuggets National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball

See also

Notes

  1. rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001
    and June 2002.
  2. heavyweight championship belt of which he captured in such fight
    .
  3. ^ Although a participant in organized competitions and although sponsored by
    federation
    .

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best_Comeback_Athlete_ESPY_Award&oldid=1192105331"