Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, was presented annually between 2002

2002 in sports

2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:...

and 2004

2004 in sports

2004 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* College football Bowl Championship Series :**January 1 – Rose Bowl – USC 28, Michigan 14...

athlete with a physical disability

Physical disability

A physical disability is any impairment which limits the physical function of one or more limbs or fine or gross motor ability. Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living, such as respiratory disorders and epilepsy....

, irrespective of gender, nationality, or sport contested, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year

Calendar year

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. The award was bifurcated by gender in 2005

2005 in sports

2005 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Bode Miller ** Women's overall season champion: Anja Pärson -American football:...

, since which year Best Female

Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 2005 to the female, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best athlete with a physical disability...

and a Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

The Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 2005 to the male, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best athlete with a physical disability in a...

s have been presented.

Over the three years of the award, its voting panel was composed variously of fans; sportswriter

Sports journalism

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s and broadcasters

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, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities. The ESPY Awards ceremony is conducted in June and awards conferred reflected performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation.

List of winners

Year	Sportsperson	Sport(s) contested
2002 2002 in sports 2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:...	Erik Weihenmayer Erik Weihenmayer Erik Weihenmayer is the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. He also completed the Seven Summits in September 2002. His story was covered in a Time article in June 2001 titled Blind to Failure...	Mountain climbing
2003 2003 in sports 2003 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season championship: Stephan Eberharter, Austria Women's overall season championship: Janica Kostelić, Croatia-American football:...	Marlon Shirley Marlon Shirley Marlin Shirley is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 events.Marlin competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the 4x100m and long jump as well as a silver in the high jump and a gold in the 100m. He then defended his 100m title in 2004 Summer Paralympics...	Track and field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
2004 2004 in sports 2004 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* College football Bowl Championship Series :**January 1 – Rose Bowl – USC 28, Michigan 14...	Kyle Maynard Kyle Maynard Kyle Maynard is a speaker, author and ESPY Award-winning Mixed Martial Arts athlete.Maynard works as a speaker for the Washington Speaker's Bureau, specializing in motivational speeches...	Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history...

List of winners

See also