Totallympics Awards 2023

[Olympian1010 7,480]

36 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

"No" won 13-10.

The color swap isn't very helpful on StrawPoll. Definitely something they should fix in an update.

[Josh 5,732]

3 hours ago, vinipereira said:

"No" won 13-10.

Poll result was wrong for me before 

Edited December 16, 2023 by Josh

[OlympicsFan 783]

Not a fan of some of the categories. Would like to see categories like "best athlete over 40" or "best athlete by continent".

 

Nominations:

Male:

1st choice: Djokovic

2nd choice: Marchand

3rd choice: Boe

4th choice: Odermatt

5th choice: Stolz

6th choice: Vingegaard

 

Female:

1st choice: Kipyegon

2nd choice: O'Callaghan

3rd choice: Biles

4th choice: Shiffrin

5th coice: Vu

 

Youth:

1st choice: McIntosh

2nd choice: Lebrun

3th choice: Zaire-Emery

4th choice: Lee Chae-un

5th choice: Brookes

6th choice: Qiyuan

 

Breakthrough:

1st choice: Haiyang

2nd choice: Stolz

3rd choice: Gauff

4th choice: Malinin

5th choice: Loutitt

6th choice: Tebogo

 

Comeback:

1st choice: Biles

2nd choice: Meilutyte

3rd choice: McEvoy

4th choice: Johnson-Thompson

 

Men's team:

1st choice: Germany basketball

2nd choice: Denmark handball

3rd choice: South Africa rugby

 

Women's team:

1st choice: Spain football

2nd choice: Australia women's 4 x 100 m free relay

3rd choice: Australia women's 4 x 200 m free relay

4th choice: France handball

[Olympian1010 7,480]

We should recognize some of the athletic achievements of members during these awards at some point. We've got people chasing Olympic qualification, running half marathons, setting PRs in the pool, etc. It might be fun to have a more inward category/honor at some point (maybe not even voted on, but just some acknowledgment during the ceremony for those bothering to turn off the livestreams and go do something)

[phelps 6,884]

I must admit it wasn't easy...

 

in some categories I had even too many names/events in mind that I found extremely difficult to choose only 6 (some times 7, thanks to a couple of ex-aequo)

 

meanwhile in a few other categories I had the opposite problem, had to dig deep to find 6 really good options 

 

I also tried not to be so "obvious" when possible, but without being "extravagant"

 

however, this is my effort for this year...

 

BEST MALE ATHLETE

for sportsmen in Olympic sports

 

#1:  Lèon Marchand (Swimming)
#2:  Marco Odermatt (Alpine Skiing)
#3:  Noah Lyles (Athletics)
#4:  Johannes Thingnes Boe (Biathlon)
#5:  Hifumi Abe (Judo)
#6:  Karlos May Nasar (Weightlifting)

 

 

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

for sportswomen in Olympic sports

 

#1:  Molly O'Callaghan (Swimming)
#2:  Faith Kipyegon (Athletics)
#3:  Femke Bol (Athletics)
#4:  Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing)
#5:  Rebeca Andrade (Artistic Gymnastics)
#6:  Yui Susaki (Wrestling) &  Uta Abe (Judo)

 

 

BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines

 

#1:  Shohei Ohtani (Baseball)
#2:  Christian McCaffrey (American Football)
#3:  Naoya Inoue (Boxing)
#4:  Islam Makhachev (MMA)
#5:  Virat Kohli (Cricket)
#6:  Bart Swings (Inline Speedskating)

 

 

BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes with a disability

 

#1:  Marcel Hug (Athletics)
#2:  Simone Barlaam (Swimming)
#3:  Jesper Pedersen (Alpine Skiing)
#4:  Alexandre Lèautè (Cycling)
#5:  Karen Palomeque (Athletics)
#6:  Diede De Groot (Tennis)

 

 

BEST YOUTH ATHLETE

for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1:  Connor Bedard (Ice Hockey)
#2:  Summer McIntosh (Swimming)
#3:  Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
#4:  Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymanstics)
#5:  Luana Marton (Taekwondo)
#6:  Maximilian Maeder (Sailing, Kitesurfing)

 

 

BEST MEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1:  Baseball NT
#2:  Basketball NT
#3:  Rugby (Union) NT
#4:  Rugby (Union) NT
#5:  Waterpolo NT
#6:  Cricket NT

 

 

BEST WOMEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1:  Volleyball NT
#2:  Swimming Freestyle Relays 4*100m & 4*200m
#3:  Waterpolo NT
#4:  Football NT
#5:  Biathlon Relay 4*6km
#6:  Handball NT

 

 

BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM

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

 

#1:  Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (Sailing, Nacra 17 Class)
#2:  Ana Patrícia Ramos & Eduarda Lisboa (women's Beach Volleyball)
#3:  Show Jumping Team (Equestrian Sports)
#4:  Ondřej Perušič & David Schweiner (men's Beach Volleyball)
#5:  Melvin Twellaar & Stef Broenink (Rowing)
#6:  Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken (Luge)

 

 

BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR

for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1:  Qin Haiyang (Swimming)
#2:  Akhmed Tazhudinov (Wrestling)
#3:  Matt Temple (Swimming)
#4:  Karoline Knotten & Juni Arnekleiv (Biathlon)
#5:  Puck Pieterse (Mountain bike)
#6:  Ilia Malinin (Figure Skating)

 

 

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1:  Simone Biles (Artistic Gymnastics)
#2:  Cameron McEvoy (Swimming)
#3:  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Athletics)
#4:  Sha'carri Richardson (Athletics)
#5:  Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (Biathlon)
#6:  Antonella Palmisano (Athletics)

 

 

SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR

for any sport moment from 2023

 

#1:  Shohei Ohtani striking out (at that time) club teammate  Mike Trout to close the men's Baseball WBC
#2:  Glenn Maxwell scoring 201/not out to lead an amazing comeback by his team vs  at the Cricket World Cup
#3:  Team Europe winning the Ryder Cup in style (Golf) 
#4:  Femke Bol losing a Relay Gold already in the pocket after a dramatic fall just before the finish line at the World Champs (Athletics)
#5:  Molly O'Callaghan breaking the women's oldest rubber suit World Record in Swimming (ITA icon Federica Pellegrini's women's 200m Freestyle)
#6: the 4 most important Baseball Leagues all having the most unexpected new champions in the same season (MLB, Texas Rangers, 1st title in history; NPB, Hanshin Tigers, 1st title in 38 years; KBO, LG Twins Seoul, 1st title in 29 years; CPBL, Wei Chuan Dragons, 1st title in 24 years)
[#7:  Italy winning the Davis Cup (Tennis) after a 47-year drought, with Sinner's matches breaking all the TV viewership records] (personal bias I couldn't resist to)

Edited December 22, 2023 by phelps

[vinipereira 3,054]

5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

We should recognize some of the athletic achievements of members during these awards at some point. We've got people chasing Olympic qualification, running half marathons, setting PRs in the pool, etc. It might be fun to have a more inward category/honor at some point (maybe not even voted on, but just some acknowledgment during the ceremony for those bothering to turn off the livestreams and go do something)

That's a good idea, I didn't know we had athletes here apart from @brunamoura.

[Olympian1010 7,480]

2 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

That's a good idea, I didn't know we had athletes here apart from @brunamoura.

@Swewi is competitive on the Swedish curling circuit. I believe they have played in the Olympic trials before. 
 

@Vojthas (who hasn’t been active for a while ) competes in the Polish club league for curling.

 

@John Foyne won a medal in American Football at The World Games 2017. He’s active in flag football at present (I believe). 

 

@IoNuTzZ is/was a competitive 400m runner I believe (not sure about the level).

 

There may be a few more people active at the national/club level, but I’m not sure. @Agger @heywoodu have both done half marathons in the past if memory serves. @Josh is a swimmer, but I don’t have any idea about the level (I’d assume local/youth). 

[Vojthas 947]

@Sergio Vez and his team defeated my clubmates last weekend in Łódź.

[Adriano 455]

BEST MALE ATHLETE

for sportsmen in Olympic sports

 

#1: Leo Marchand - France - Swimming
#2: Noah Lyles - US - Athletics
#3: Johannes Thingnes Bo - Norway - Biathlon
#4: Matthias Gidsel - Denmark - Handball
#5: Joseph Clarke - Canoe Slalom - UK
#6: Alvaro Martin - athetics - Spain2

 

 

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

for sportswomen in Olympic sports

 

#1: Kaylee McKeown - Swimming - Australia
#2: Mollie O'Callaghan - Australia - swimming 
#3: Iga Świątek  - Poland - tennis
#4: Hanna Oberg - Sweden - Biathlon
#5: Maria Perez - Spain - Athletics
#6: Lotte Kopecky - Belgium - Cycling

 

BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes with a disability

 

#1:  Stefano Raimondi - Italy - Swimming
#2: Catherine Debrunner - Switzerland - Athletics
#3: Alfie Hewett - UK - Tennis
#4: Jesper Pedersen -  Norway
#5: Kendall Gretsch - US - Biathlon/ Cross Country  Skiing
#6: Luca Ekler - Hungary - athetics

 

 

BEST YOUTH ATHLETE

for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1: Dominika Banevic - Lithuania - breaking
#2: Ezra Freich - Para Athetics - US
#3: Kaylia Nemour - Algieria - Gymnastic
#4: Sommer Mcintosh - Canada - swimming
#5: Daria Varfolomeev - Germany - rhythmic gymnastic
#6: Maximilian Maeder - Sailing - Singapur

 

 

BEST MEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1: Denmark - men's  handball
#2: Germany men's basketball
#3: Poland - men's  volleyball
#4: Canada - mens ice hockey
#5: Hungary - men's  waterpolo
#6: UK - men's  eight - rowing

 

 

BEST WOMEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1:  Spain - Football
#2: Italy - Biathlon 4x6
#3: Handball - French
#4: Basketball - Belgium
#5: Netherlands - women's  waterpolo - gold world championships 
#6: Israel - women's  gymnastic rhythmic - gold world championships

 

 

BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM

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

 

#1: Perusic/Schneider- Czech - beach voleyball
#2:  Ana Patricia Ramos/ Eduarda Lisboa - Beach voleyball - Brasil
#3: Flores van de Werken / Bart Lambriex - sailing 49er - Netherlands
#4: Ancuta Bodnar / Simona Radis- Romania - Rowing
#5: Fin McCarthy/Paul O'Donovan - Ireland - Rowing
#6: Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung - Korea - badminton

 

 

BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR

for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1: Cassino Rousseau - Australia - Diving
#2: Ethan Katzberg -Canada - athetics
#3: ****
#4: ****
#5: ****
#6: ****

 

 

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)

 

#1: Simone Biles - U.S Gymnastic
#2: Ruta Meilutyte - Lithuania - Gymnastic
#3: Katarina Johnson-Thompson - UK - athletics
#4: Danielle Williams - Athetics - Jamaica
#5: Caroline Marin - Badminton - Spain
#6: Nino Salukvadze- shooting - Georgia (winning olympic spot)

 

 

SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR

for any sport moment from 2023

 

#1: Cassiel Rousseau - Australia - Diving - winning gold in Diving at WC
#2:  Belgium winning basketball gold at EC
#3: Spain winning world champs 2023
#4: Femke Bol falling near finish at World Champs
#5: Italy winning gold in Biathlon relay
#6: U.S basketball lost at World Champs 

 

 

[Josh 5,732]

@phelps great picks overall but I’m not sure Camryn Rogers is a great pick in the “most improved” category, she won a bronze medal at Worlds last year and had a PB of 77.67m (now 78.62)

 

Instead, I’d switch her with the other Canadian hammer thrower World Champion Ethan Katzberg, who wasn’t even in the medal conversation before this year (much less gold)