Athletes awarded by British Olympic Association

British Olympic Association (BOA) have awarded the athletes with  'Athletes of year' award in different categories this Tuesday. In a headliner, Mo Farah who won two European Gold medals has been named for track-and-field athlete of the year.

Mo Farah won the 5000m and 10000m race title in Barcelona, thus he was the choice for British Olympic Association ahead of heptathlon star Jessica Ennis. Farah's award comes after he missed out on a place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year short-list. Whereas, Ennis finished third at the BBC awards for the second year in a row.

On the other hand Adlington was named Aquatics Performer of the year for her two golds at Commonwealth games.

She said: 

'' I'm proud and honoured to have won this award in 2010, given the achievements of so many British swimmers at both the European Championships and Commonwealth Games."

Amongst the winners was  Amy Williams who won the Winter Olympic gold medallist, whose performance in the skeleton in Whistler saw her become the first individual British champion for 30 years.

Amy said: 

 ''I'm delighted to receive the BOA Olympic Athlete of the Year award. This caps a really special year for me.''

BOA Olympic Athletes of the Year for each sport:

Aquatics - Rebecca Adlington

Archery - Alison Williamson

Athletics - Mo Farah

Badminton - Rajiv Ouseph

Basketball - Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Boxing - Tom Stalker

Canoeing - Ed McKeever

Cycling - Emma Pooley

Equestrian - Laura Bechtolsheimer

Fencing - Chrystall Nicoll

Gymnastics - Beth Tweddle

Handball - Holly Lam-Moores

Hockey - Helen Richardson

Judo - Euan Burton

Modern Pentathlon - Sam Weale

Sailing - Ed Wright

Shooting - Elena Allen

Table Tennis - Liam Pitchford

Taekwondo - Jade Jones

Tennis - Andy Murray

Triathlon - Jonathan Brownlee

Volleyball - Nathan French

Weightlifting - Peter Kirbride

Wrestling - Myroslav Dykun

Biathlon - Lee Jackson

Bobsleigh/Skeleton - Amy Williams

Curling - Eve Muirhead

Luge - AJ Rosen

Skating - Sinead and John Kerr

Skiing - Andrew Musgrave

Ice hockey, football and rowing are yet to announce their Olympic Athlete of the Year for 2010.