MO FARAH/JESSICA ENNIS NAMED EUROPEAN ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah has been voted the European athlete of the year for the second straight year.  The 29 year-old Somali born runner is the second athlete to win back-to-back, the European athlete of the year awards after Swedish triple jumper Christian Olsson in 2003 and 2004.

 

26 year-old Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis was also named the women’s European athlete of 2012.