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 . Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff , the accolade 's trophy , designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan , is presented to the disabled sportsman adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles . 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 ) . 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 . It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months . The inaugural winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2005 was 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 . In 2015 , South African wheelchair racer Krige Schabort was selected as the recipient of the award . , he is the only athlete born outside of the United States to have won the accolade , though three additional foreign sportsmen have earned nominations . Track and field athletes have won more awards than any other sport with four with two winners each coming in sledge hockey , mixed martial arts , triathlon and wrestling . The 2019 winner of the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was American triathlete Mark Barr
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Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award