Athlete with a Disability of the Year

ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY OF THE YEAR

DESCRIPTION:
This award recognizes an athlete with a disability who has demonstrated extraordinary athletic performance in regional, national or international competitions in a team or individual sport.

CRITERIA:

Nominees will be judged for their performance in 2009 only
An athlete can be nominated in only one category, and only by a member organization of Sport BC
Eligible athletes are those who have resided in British Columbia for the 2009 calendar year or those who received the majority of their sport development in British Columbia before relocating.
Nominees will be considered on the basis of their amateur performance only (by definition of the respective Provincial Sport Organization)
Sport BC member organizations may submit only one nomination in this category
Previous Award Winners

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Only typewritten or word-processed nominations will be accepted
Sport BC reserves the right to seek additional nominations at any time and the right to decline nominations
Please include a head and shoulders or action photo of the nominee in jpg format with a minimum of 300 pixels per inch AOY Nominations

For a print version of the form for this award, click here

Name of Nominator*
Title*
Organization*
Address*
City*
Postal Code*
Phone Number*
E-Mail Address*

Name of Seconder
Title*
Organization*
Address*
City*
Postal Code*
Phone Number*
E-Mail Address*

Name of Nominee*
Address*
City*
Postal Code*
Phone Number*
E-Mail Address*
Sport(s) represented*
School represented*
Nominee Gender*	MaleFemale
Nominee Age*

CITATION Please provide information that will assist the selection committee in choosing the recipient. Some items to include are:
What titles did the nominee win in 2009?
What records did the nominee set in 2009?
List the personal bests the nominee achieved in 2009.
Scope of competition that the nominee faced this year (i.e. the number of participating colleges, number of entrants in nominee’s events, etc.)
Is the nominee ranked provincially, nationally or internationally?
Has the nominee ever competed at the BC Games? If yes, indicate year(s) and sport(s)

Supporting Information: Please e-mail other comments, facts, and figures for the selection committee to consider. Only one page singlespaced of information will be accepted. Newspaper clippings are acceptable as part of the additional page of information.

The information collected on this nomination form will be kept confidential, and will be used solely for the purpose of Sport BC programs.