Have your say and vote now for your women’s Athlete of the Month for May 2026!
Five nominees have been selected for both the women's and men's categories based purely on performances achieved throughout the month of May.
Click here to cast your vote! The deadline for voting is 23:59 CET on 8 June and the winners will be announced across the European Athletics social media channels soon afterwards.
Last month’s winners were Slovenia’s Klara Lukan and France’s Jimmy Gressier, who each set new European records in the women’s 10km and men’s 5km respectively.
The five nominees are listed below in alphabetical order with each athlete's key achievements listed.
Women’s Athlete of the Month nominees
Elżbieta Glinka (POL) Profile
-First ever Polish winner of the European 10,000m Cup
Henriette Jaeger (NOR) Profile
-Anchored Norway to women's 4x400m gold at World Relays in national record of 3:20:96 with 48.91 final leg
Annik Kalin (SUI) Profile
-World lead and Swiss record of 6726 points for heptathlon victory in Götzis
Jessica Schilder (NED) Profile
-World lead and Dutch record of 21.09m in Shanghai
-World's longest women’s shot put since 2012
Emma Zapletalova (SVK) Profile
-Victory in Rabat in a world lead of 52.82 in the 400m hurdles
-Slovakian record and fifth on European all-time list