Jo Pavey wins British Athletics award after record-breaking year
Last Updated: 12/12/14 2:24pm
Jo Pavey has won British Athletics' Athlete of the Year award following her record-breaking 2014.
The 41-year-old came out on top after a week-long public vote, crowning 12 months that saw her win a first international gold medal.
That came at the European Championships in Zurich, where victory in the 10,000m made her the oldest athlete in the competition's history to win gold, and Pavey also split the Kenyan entry to take bronze over 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games.
The Young Athlete of the Year award went to Matthew Hudson-Smith, the 19-year-old who took silver in the 400m in Zurich and won gold in the 4x400m relay at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Hannah Cockroft was named Paralympic Athlete of the Year: the 21-year-old broke the T34 100m and 200m world records in May and later won the European 100m and 800m titles.