The 2012 Para-Triathlon World Championships in Auckland was the premier event on the calendar last month and Stockwell, an Iraqi war veteran, won her third consecutive world title in the women's TRI-2 class to put down an early marker for Rio 2016 when the sportmakes its debut on the Paralympic programme.

Stockwell is joined on the list by fellow paratriathlete Yannick Bourseaux of France who won the world title in the men's TRI-4 class.

It comes despite the fact that Bourseaux is predominantly a winter sport athlete that is training to qualify for Sochi 2014 Paralympics in nordic skiing.

Also named is Swiss wheelchair racer Marcel Hug, who won his third straight Oita Marathon in the men's T34/53/54 class shortly after winning the Berlin Marathon.

Swiss wheelchair racer Marcel Hug is up for the prize after winning his third straight Oita Marathon in the men’s T34/53/54 class

Next up is South Africa's Montjane Kgothatso, who became the first African wheelchair tennis player to ever qualify for the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters and Invacare Doubles Masters this month and is and is now ranked number 10 in the women's singles world rankings.

The list is completed by Jamaica's Alphanso Cunningham, who has actually been shortlisted because of the effect he has had on his country since returning from the Paralympics, where he won gold in the javelin F52/53.

In addition to winning the Commonwealth Sports Award for Most Outstanding Male Athlete with a Disability this month, the 32-year-old, he has received tremendous praise from Jamaican Government officials and the press in regard to how he has changed perceptions in his country.

The public now has until 12:00 next Friday (November 9) to vote for the winner by clicking here.

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