European Athletics is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2010 European Athletics Rising Star Awards presented by Mondo, recognising the future stars of the sport in Europe.

Voting takes place on the European Athletics website until 24 September 2010 from a shortlist that includes stars from this year's World Junior Championships and Youth Olympic Games and other young athletes who performed exceptionally well this year.

Winners will be decided by votes from the general public, media, European Athletics Member Federations, and a panel of experts, with the results from each group of voters counting for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

The winners of the European Athletics Rising Star Awards along with the winners of the European Athlete of the Year Awards presented by Mondo will be invited to receive their awards during the European Athletics Convention in Budapest on Saturday 16 October.

Each voter must select their five preferred athletes and rank them in order of priority. Members of the public who vote will be automatically entered into a prediction competition. Entrants who have voted for the top three male and female athletes in the correct order in the poll will be entered into a draw to win a three-night trip for two to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris. There will also be some runners-up prizes.

Speaking about the Rising Star Awards, European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz said: "European Athletics has always focused resources on the development of the next generation of athletes.

"I think you will find a number of future Olympic and world champions on the nomination form and we look forward to seeing who will win the European Athletics Rising Star Awards for 2010."

Triple jumper Teddy Tamgho of France and discus star Sandra Perkovic of Croatia are nominated in both the Athlete of the Year and Rising Star categories because of their outstanding achievements in what has been their breakthrough year.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.

European Athletics Rising Star previous winners (2007-2009)

	Female	Country	Male	Country
2007	Jessica Ennis	GBR	Andrew Howe	ITA
2008	Stephanie Twell	GBR	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER
2009	Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal	NOR	Christophe Lemaitre	FRA

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Nominations

2010 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS RISING STAR – MALE

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA (Age 19) 110m hurdles A gold medallist in the hurdles at the World Junior Championships in Moncton with an impressive time of 13.52.
Eusebio Cáceres ESP (Age 19) long jump The Spaniard won silver in Moncton and set a European junior record of 8.27m at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.
Anton Ivakin RUS (Age 19) pole vault Won the world junior title with a world-leading 5.50m clearance.
Teddy Tamgho FRA (Age 21) triple jump The French prodigy leapt out to a French national record of 17.98 metres at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York and in the process became the third best performer ever, behind only Great Britain's Jonathan Edwards and Kenny Harrison of the USA. A brilliant world record leap of 17.90m also gave the 20-year old Frenchman a gold medal at the world indoors in Doha.
Krzysztof Brzozowski POL (Age 17) shot put The Pole came up with a massive throw of 23.23m, 44 centimetres further than the previous world youth best by Croatia's Marin Premeru, which had stood since 2007, to win the shot title at the Youth Olympic Games.
Till Wöschler GER (Age 19) javelin Won the gold medal at world juniors with a world leading throw of 82.52m.
Andrius Gudzius LTU (Age 19) discus The promising Lithuanian thrower delivered on the big stage, claiming the gold medal at the world juniors in Moncton with a throw of 63.78.
Dmitry Kroyter ISR (Age 17) high jump Set a national youth record of 2.22m in Tel Aviv and won the top prize at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Igor Lyashchenko UKR (Age 17) 10000m walk Won the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.
Jeroen D'Hoedt BEL (Age 20) cross country Ran a tactically perfect race to win the first gold medal for Belgium at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in over a decade. His win in the junior category came with a splendid time of 18.46.

2010 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS RISING STAR – Female

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Jodie Williams GBR (Age 16) 100m & 200m The British teenager ran a national 100m junior record and European junior best of 11.24 in Bedford and clocked an impressive European-leading 22.79 in the 200m in Loughborough. She claimed gold in the 100m and silver in 200m at the world juniors in Moncton.
Elena Mirela Lavric ROU (Age 19) 800m The Romanian won gold at the world juniors in Moncton clocking 2:01.85.
Ciara Mageean IRL (Age 18) 1500m Won a silver at the world juniors with a national junior record of 4:09.51.
Isabelle Pedersen NOR (Age 18) 100m hurdles Won the gold medal at the world juniors with a national junior record of 13.30.
Katsiaryna Artsiukh BLR (Age 19) 400m hurdles Lowered her world leading time to 56.16 during her gold medal triumph at the world juniors in Moncton.
Angelica Bengtsson SWE (Age 17) pole vault The teenager re-wrote the record books at the European Youth Olympic Trials in Moscow, clearing successive world youth best performances of 4.42m and then 4.47m. She went on to win the title at the Youth Olympic Games and World Junior Championships in Moncton.
Sandra Perkovic CRO (Age 20) discus The Croatian prodigy translated her promise to performance at the highest level by winning the European gold in Barcelona.
Darya Klishina RUS (Age 19) long jump Set a national junior record with a massive leap of 7.03m in Zhukovsky.
Marija Vukovic MNE (Age 18) high jump Won the high jump gold at the world juniors with a national junior record of 1.91.
Sophie Hitchon GBR (Age 19) hammer The Briton won the gold medal in Moncton with a national junior record of 66.01m.
Utriainen Sanni FIN (Age 19) javelin Won the javelin gold medal at the world juniors in Moncton with a huge personal best of 56.69m.
Antonella Palmisano ITA (Age 19) 10km walk The Italian star enjoyed a fabulous year. Besides her victory at the IAAF Race Walking Cup in Chihuahua in the 10km walk, she set a national junior record in the 10000m walk at the world juniors in Moncton.

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