Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award
Awarded forbest disabled male athlete
CountryUnited States
Presented byESPN
First awarded2005
Currently held byBrad Snyder (USA)
Websitewww.espn.co.uk/espys/

The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of disabled sports.[1] Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff,[2] the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan,[3] is presented to the disabled sportsman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.[1] The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen).[4] Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts.[1] It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months.[5]

The inaugural winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2005 was Paralympic track and field competitor Marlon Shirley, who won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and was the first para-athlete to go below eleven seconds in the men's 100-meter category with a time of 10.97 seconds.[6] In 2015, South African wheelchair racer Krige Schabort was selected as the recipient of the award. As of 2018, he is the only athlete born outside of the United States to have won the accolade,[7] though three additional foreign sportsmen have earned nominations. Track and field athletes have won more awards than any other sport with four with three triathlon winners and two winners each coming in sledge hockey, mixed martial arts, and wrestling. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] The most recent winner of the award was American para-swimmer Brad Snyder in 2022.[9]

Winners and nominees

Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award winners and nominees
Year Image Athlete Nationality Sport Nominees Refs
2005 – Marlon Shirley  United States Paralympic track and field Rudy Garcia-Tolson ( USA) – Swimming
Paul Martin ( USA) – Cycling 		[6][10]
2006 – Bobby Martin  United States American football Steve Cook ( USA) – Cross-country skiing
Anthony Robles ( USA) – Wrestling 		[11][12]
2007 Casey Tibbs wearing a U.S. Navy Sailors uniform Casey Tibbs  United States Paralympic track and field Robin Ammerlaan ( NED) – Wheelchair tennis
Josh George ( USA) – Paralympic track and field
Krige Schabort ( RSA) – Wheelchair racing 		[13][14]
2008 – Ryan Kocer  United States Wrestling Philip Scholz ( USA) – Swimming
Matt Scott ( USA) – Wheelchair basketball
Marthell Vazquez ( USA) – Soccer 		[15][16]
2009 Jason Lester is wearing a black cycling helmet with overall and is mounted on a black bicycle Jason P. Lester  United States Triathlon Jeremy Campbell ( USA) – Paralympic track and field
Will Groulx ( USA – Wheelchair rugby
Oscar Pistorius ( RSA) – Paralympic track and field 		[17][18]
2010 Steve Cash, wearing red, blue and white sports overalls Steve Cash  United States Sledge hockey Rudy Garcia-Tolson ( USA) – Triathlon
Andy Soule ( USA) – Cross-country skiing 		[19][20]
2011 – Anthony Robles  United States Wrestling Chris Devlin-Young ( USA) – Alpine skiing
Aaron Scheidies ( USA) – Triathlon
Jerome Singleton ( USA) – Paralympic track and field
Steve Wampler ( USA) – Climbing 		[21][22]
2012 Kyle Maynard wearing an orange T-shirt and a black backpack Kyle Maynard  United States Mixed martial arts Baxter Humby ( CAN) – Mixed martial arts
Raymond Martin ( USA) – Wheelchair racing
Oz Sanchez ( USA – Cycling
Tyler Walker ( USA) – Alpine skiing 		[4][23]
2013 – Jeremy Campbell  United States Paralympic track and field Jeff Fabry ( USA) – Archery
Raymond Martin ( USA) – Wheelchair racing
Brad Snyder ( USA) – Swimming
Tyler Walker ( USA) – Alpine skiing 		[24][25]
2014 Declan Farmer, wearing a black hockey helmet and red sporting overalls Declan Farmer  United States Sledge hockey Mark Bathum ( USA) – Alpine skiing
Raymond Martin ( USA) – Wheelchair racing
Mike Shea ( USA) – Snowboarding
Evan Strong ( USA) – Boardercross 		[26][27]
2015 – Krige Schabort  South Africa Wheelchair racing Joseph Berenyi ( USA – Cycling
Josh Pauls ( USA) – Sledge hockey
Mike Shea ( USA) – Snowboarding
Andy Soule ( USA) – Cross-country skiing 		[7][28]
2016 Richard Browne, wearing a black T-shirt with sponsors logos and a black backpack Richard Browne  United States Paralympic track and field Joseph Berenyi ( USA) – Cycling
Aaron Fotheringham ( USA) – Skateboarding/BMX
Nikko Landeros ( USA) – Sledge hockey
Brad Snyder ( USA) – Swimming 		[29][30]
2017 Steve Serio playing wheelchair basketball in 2011 Steve Serio  United States Wheelchair basketball Will Groulx ( USA) – Cycling
Mike Minor ( USA) – Snowboarding
Brad Snyder ( USA) – Swimming
Roderick Townsend-Roberts ( USA) – Paralympic track and field 		[31][32]
2018 – Mike Schultz  United States Snowboarding Daniel Cnossen ( USA) – Biathlon
Declan Farmer ( USA) – Sledge hockey
Andrew Kurka ( USA) – Alpine skiing 		[33][34]
2019 – Mark Barr  United States Triathlon Declan Farmer ( USA) – Sledge hockey
Daniel Romanchuk ( USA) – Marathon
Oz Sanchez ( USA) – Cycling 		[35][36]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 – Chris Nikic  United States Triathlon Evan Austin ( USA) – Swimming
Jesse Billauer ( USA) – Surfing
Keith Gabel ( USA) – Snowboarding 		[37][38]
2022 – Brad Snyder  United States Swimming Declan Farmer ( USA) – Sledge hockey
Nick Mayhugh ( USA) – Paralympic track and field
Ian Seidenfeld ( USA) – Para table tennis 		[9][39]

Statistics

See also

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