Totallympics Awards 2022

[rafalgorka 1,533]

Great idea this thread @vinipereira congrats !!!

 

Thinking about my picks intensively…

[Matteo92 98]

This is a fantastic initiative, though it's going to be super hard to choose.

[vinipereira 3,240]

Some suggestions for the Paralympic category:

 

Lauren Parker (Triathlon) - 2 gold medals at WCs
Michèle George (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals at WCs
Gizele Costa Dias (Sitting Volleyball) - led Brazil's team to its first ever World title
Leomon Moreno (Goalball) - led Brazil's team to their third consecutive World title
Maria Carolina Santiago (Swimming) - 7 medals (6 gold) at WCs

Petrúcio Ferreira (Athletics) - WR in 100m T47 (10.29), the fastest time ever by any para-athlete
Brian McKeever (Cross-country Skiing) - 3 gold medals at Beijing 2022, the fourth Games where he achieved this
Yang Hongqiong (Cross-country Skiing) - 3 gold medals at Beijing 2022, flagbearer for China in closing ceremony
Ji Lijia (Snowboarding) - 2 medals (1 gold) at Beijing 2022
Katrine Kristensen (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals (+1 team silver) at WCs
Tobias Jørgensen (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals (+1 team silver) at WCs

Alexandre Léauté (Road/Track Cycling) - 5 medals (4 gold) at Track WCs and 2 medals (1 gold) at Road WCs
Arthur Bauchet (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (3 gold) at Beijing 2022
Anna-Lena Forster (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Annika Zeyen (Road Cycling) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Charlotte Henshaw (Canoeing) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Finlay Graham (Road/Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) in Track WCs and 2 medals (1 gold) in Road WCs
Morteza Mehrzad (Sitting Volleyball) - led Iran's team to another World title
Giacomo Bertagnolli (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Simone Barlaam (Swimming) - 6 gold medals at WCs
Stefano Raimondi (Swimming) - top athlete at WCs with 8 medals (6 gold)

Shingo Kunieda (Wheelchair Tennis) - won 3 GS titles in Singles and 1 title in Doubles

Diede de Groot (Wheelchair Tennis) - won all 4 GS titles in Singles, and 3 titles in Doubles
Jetze Plat (Road Cycling/Triathlon) - 2 gold medals at Road Cycling WCs and World title in Triathlon
Rogier Dorsman (Swimming) - 7 medals (5 gold) at WCs
Sanne Voets (Equestrian) - 3 gold medals at WCs
Jesper Pedersen (Alpine Skiing) - 5 medals (4 gold) at Beijing 2022
Henrieta Farkašová (Alpine Skiing) - 2 gold medals at Beijing 2022

Jozef Metelka (Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs
Veronika Vadovičová (Shooting) - 3 medals (2 gold) at WCs

Ricardo Ten (Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs
Ebba Årsjö (Alpine Skiing) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022

Marcel Hug (Athletics) - WR in 1500m T53/54 (2:47.82), won Berlin, Chicago, London, New York and Tokyo marathons
Sevda Altunoluk (Goalball) - led Türkiye's team to their first ever World title
Oksana Shyshkova (Biathlon) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Vitaliy Lukyanenko (Biathlon) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani (Shooting) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Leanne Smith (Swimming) - 7 gold medals at WCs
Declan Farmer (Ice Hockey) - top scoring leader for the gold winning team at Beijing 2022
Oksana Masters (Biathlon/Cross-country Skiing/Road Cycling) - 7 medals (3 gold) at Beijing 2022 and 2 gold medals at Road Cycling WCs

 

[OlympicsFan 858]

On 12/22/2022 at 7:51 PM, OlympicsFan said:

I tried to make a list with eligible junior athletes (born in 2004 or later) who won an individual medal at the winter olympics or at 2022 summer world championships:

- Su Yiming (snowboard)

- Kokomo Murase (snowboard)

- Rikuto Tamai (diving)

- Chen Yuxi (diving)

- Quan Hongchan (diving)

- Claire Curzan (swimming)

- Katie Grimes (swimming)

- Leah Hayes (swimming)

- Benedetta Pilato (swimming)

- David Popovici (swimming)

- Summer McIntosh (swimming)

- Mollie O'Callaghan (swimming)

- Erriyon Knighton (athletics)

- Wei Xiaoyuan (artistic gymnastics)

- Hazuki Watanabe (artistic gymnastics)

- Shoko Miyata (artistic gymnastics)

- Jessica Gadirova (artistic gymnastics)

- Sarah Chaari (taekwondo)

Someone i didn't mention (since she won her gold in a non-olympic weight category):

Amit Elor (born 2004)

 

This year she won the world U20, world U23 and senior world championships, becoming the youngest world champion in american wrestling history. I am no wrestling expert, but her results suggest that she might be the next big thing in women's wrestling.

[phelps 7,680]

On 12/23/2022 at 11:09 PM, Matteo92 said:

This is a fantastic initiative, though it's going to be super hard to choose.

I agree...and that "only 1 athlete/team from your Nation" doesn't help at all...

[phelps 7,680]

On 12/24/2022 at 4:53 AM, vinipereira said:

Some suggestions for the Paralympic category:

 

Lauren Parker (Triathlon) - 2 gold medals at WCs
Michèle George (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals at WCs
Gizele Costa Dias (Sitting Volleyball) - led Brazil's team to its first ever World title
Leomon Moreno (Goalball) - led Brazil's team to their third consecutive World title
Maria Carolina Santiago (Swimming) - 7 medals (6 gold) at WCs

Petrúcio Ferreira (Athletics) - WR in 100m T47 (10.29), the fastest time ever by any para-athlete
Brian McKeever (Cross-country Skiing) - 3 gold medals at Beijing 2022, the fourth Games where he achieved this
Yang Hongqiong (Cross-country Skiing) - 3 gold medals at Beijing 2022, flagbearer for China in closing ceremony
Ji Lijia (Snowboarding) - 2 medals (1 gold) at Beijing 2022
Katrine Kristensen (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals (+1 team silver) at WCs
Tobias Jørgensen (Equestrian) - 2 gold medals (+1 team silver) at WCs

Alexandre Léauté (Road/Track Cycling) - 5 medals (4 gold) at Track WCs and 2 medals (1 gold) at Road WCs
Arthur Bauchet (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (3 gold) at Beijing 2022
Anna-Lena Forster (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Annika Zeyen (Road Cycling) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Charlotte Henshaw (Canoeing) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Finlay Graham (Road/Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) in Track WCs and 2 medals (1 gold) in Road WCs
Morteza Mehrzad (Sitting Volleyball) - led Iran's team to another World title
Giacomo Bertagnolli (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Simone Barlaam (Swimming) - 6 gold medals at WCs
Stefano Raimondi (Swimming) - top athlete at WCs with 8 medals (6 gold)

Shingo Kunieda (Wheelchair Tennis) - won 3 GS titles in Singles and 1 title in Doubles

Diede de Groot (Wheelchair Tennis) - won all 4 GS titles in Singles, and 3 titles in Doubles
Jetze Plat (Road Cycling/Triathlon) - 2 gold medals at Road Cycling WCs and World title in Triathlon
Rogier Dorsman (Swimming) - 7 medals (5 gold) at WCs
Sanne Voets (Equestrian) - 3 gold medals at WCs
Jesper Pedersen (Alpine Skiing) - 5 medals (4 gold) at Beijing 2022
Henrieta Farkašová (Alpine Skiing) - 2 gold medals at Beijing 2022

Jozef Metelka (Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs
Veronika Vadovičová (Shooting) - 3 medals (2 gold) at WCs

Ricardo Ten (Track Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs
Ebba Årsjö (Alpine Skiing) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022

Marcel Hug (Athletics) - WR in 1500m T53/54 (2:47.82), won Berlin, Chicago, London, New York and Tokyo marathons
Sevda Altunoluk (Goalball) - led Türkiye's team to their first ever World title
Oksana Shyshkova (Biathlon) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Vitaliy Lukyanenko (Biathlon) - 3 medals (2 gold) at Beijing 2022
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani (Shooting) - 2 gold medals at WCs

Leanne Smith (Swimming) - 7 gold medals at WCs
Declan Farmer (Ice Hockey) - top scoring leader for the gold winning team at Beijing 2022
Oksana Masters (Biathlon/Cross-country Skiing/Road Cycling) - 7 medals (3 gold) at Beijing 2022 and 2 gold medals at Road Cycling WCs

 

I already have 6 of them in my list...and it was really hard to leave some others out...

 

in some categories, I'm really in trouble to make my choice (I think I'm not going to vote at all in the Breakthrough category).

[phelps 7,680]

done!

 

p.s. should we post our personal choices once the ballot is over?

it might be interesting to see who voted for whom?...

[vinipereira 3,240]

8 hours ago, phelps said:

done!

 

p.s. should we post our personal choices once the ballot is over?

it might be interesting to see who voted for whom?...

Yes, voters are allowed to share their votes if they want

[Mkbw50 438]

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

for sportswomen in Olympic sports

 

#1: Therese Johaug (Norway)
#2: Irene Schouten (Netherlands)
#3: Sydney McLaughlin (USA)
#4: Tobi Amusan (Nigeria)
#5: Katie Ledecky (USA)
#6: Eileen Gu (China)

 

 

BEST MALE ATHLETE

for sportsmen in Olympic sports

 

#1: Johannes Thingnes Bø (Norway)
#2: Alexander Bolshunov (Russia)
#3: Armand Duplantis (Sweden)
#4: Nils van der Poel (Sweden)
#5: Kristóf Milák (Hungary)
#6: David Popovici (Romania)

 

 

BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes in Paralympic sports

 

#1: Jesper Pedersen (Norway)
#2: Momoka Muraoka (Japan)
#3: Yang Hongqiong (China)
#4: Stefano Raimondi (Italy)
#5: Leanne Smith (USA)
#6: Bethany Firth (GB)

 

 

BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes in Non-Olympic sports

 

#1: Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
#2: David Clifford (Ireland)
#3: Ben Stokes (GB)
#4: Aaron Donald (USA)
#5: Francesco Bagnaia (Italy)
#6: Josh Addo-Car (Australia)

 

 

BEST YOUTH ATHLETE

for any athlete up to 18 years old (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

 

#1: David Popovici (Romania)
#2: Eileen Gu (China)
#3: Summer McIntosh (Canada)
#4: Jessica Gadirova (GB)
#5: Erriyon Knighton (USA)
#6: Mollie O'Callaghan (Australia)

 

 

BEST MEN'S TEAM

for men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

 

#1: Australia Rugby League (Australia)
#2: Argentina Football (Argentina)
#3: England Cricket (GB)
#4: Sweden Curling (Sweden)
#5: Finland Ice Hockey (Finland)
#6: Australia Cricket (Australia)

 

 

BEST WOMEN'S TEAM

for women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

 

#1: Scotland/GB Curling (GB)
#2: New Zealand Rugby (NZ)
#3: Australia Rugby League (Australia)
#4: Brazil Football (Brazil)
#5: Australia Cricket (Australia)
#6: Canada Ice Hockey (Canada)

 

 

BEST DOUBLES OR PAIR

for doubles or pairs (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

#1: Barbora Krejčíková/Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)
#2: Cheng Qingchen/Jia Yifan (China)
#3: Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis (Germany)
#4: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (France)
#5: Alfie Hewitt/Gordon Reid (GB)
#6: Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)

 

 

BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR

for the most improved athlete or team (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

 

#1: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
#2: Morocco men's football (Morocco)
#3: Leon Marchand (France)
#4: England women's football (GB)
#5: Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)
#6: Wang Jianan (China)

 

 

SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR

for any sport moment from 2022 (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports)

 

#1: 2022 World Cup Final (Argentina)
#2: Duplantis WR (Sweden)
#3: Wightman gold in front of dad (GB)
#4: Milák WR on home soil (Hungary)
#5: Golden point in Rugby League World Cup semifinal (Samoa)
#6: Kerry last minute free to beat Dublin in All-Ireland semifinal (Ireland)

 

 

OLYMPIC SPIRIT AWARD

for any athlete or team that took part in the 2022 Winter Olympics or Paralympics

 

#1: Brittany Bowe (US)
#2: Sofia Goggia (Italy)
#3: Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan)
#4: Shaun White (US)
#5: GB Mixed Curling team (GB)
#6: Iivo Niskanen (Finland)

 

[vinipereira 3,240]

As some votes are coming in, I see a lot of similarities between Breakthrough of the Year and Youth Athlete, as I predicted that could be some confusion in these categories. I think the best solution right now would be to make the nominees in Youth Athlete ineligible in Breakthrough, and maybe rethink these categories next year