Totallympics Awards 2023

[vinipereira 3,513]

Btw @Josh you can vote here, it's quite fast - aside maybe from the Lifetime Achievement and Totallympics' Stars Awards.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Italy’s Davis Cup title?? Really??

 

All of the Italians probably voted for that moment. 

In general, the “moments of the year” are pretty generic and favor the major sports 

[Josh 13,443]

I know we’re at the second stage of voting, but I can’t believe all of us forgot about  Niklas Edin’s spinner against Norway at the Men’s Curling World Championships. 
 

That beats out all my other sporting moment nominees for sure. 

[Jinzha 703]

7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

In general, the “moments of the year” are pretty generic and favor the major sports 

I believe it's not a bad thing the sport moment of the year is from a major sport. These are the sports that most of us watch, the memories that we share. Even if a moment in a smaller sport was exciting for me, as a community these big moments on swimming, athletics, tennis, etc. unite us.

 

That said, my personal sport moment of the year (MvdP road cycling world championship) isn't nominated. But in the end nothing beats watching that incredible race together with my dad, just like when I was young.

Edited December 26, 2023 by Jinzha

[Jinzha 703]

Thank you once again @vinipereira for the beautiful presentation! I tried not to be too biased with my votes, but no guarantees

 

BEST MALE ATHLETE

for sportsmen in Olympic sports

 

#1:  Noah Lyles
#2:  Mathieu van der Poel
#3:  Leon Marchand

 

 

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

for sportswomen in Olympic sports

 

#1:  Faith Kipyegon
#2:  Femke Bol
#3:  Kaylee McKeown

 

BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines

#1:  Shohei Ohtani (baseball)

 

 

BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE

for athletes with a disability

 

#1:  Diede de Groot

 

 

BEST YOUTH ATHLETE

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

 

#1:  Summer McIntosh
#2:  Kaylia Nemour
#3:  Rayssa Leal

 

 

BEST MEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1:  Volleyball team
#2:  Baseball team
#3:  Handball team

 

 

BEST WOMEN'S TEAM

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

 

#1:  Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
#2:  Football team
#3:  Handball team

 

 

BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM

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

 

#1:  Duda/Ana Patricia
#2:  Bodnar/Radis
#3:  Tita/Banti

 

 

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
#2:  Jordan Stolz

#3:  Letsile Tebogo

 

 

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
#2:  Katerina Johnson-Thompson

#3:  Ruta Meilutyte

 

 

SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR

for any sport moment from 2023

 

#1:  Femke Bol redemption in women's 4x400m relay

#2:  Mollie O’Callaghan’s women’s 200m freestyle WR

#3:  Spain wins women's football world cup

 

 

TOTALLYMPICS’ STARS AWARD

@Josh for his many helpful and positive contributions in a large variety of sports. 
 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 Annemiek van Vleuten for her long and succesful career, her impact on womens cycling and the joy she had in cycling and competing.

Edited December 26, 2023 by Jinzha

[Gianlu33 6,001]

Some athletes retired in 2023 (reported on Athletes Retirements Thread*):

 

Ramona Siebenhofer

Daniela Iraschko-Stolz

 Bruno Schmidt

Brady Leman

Atiba Hutchinson

Patrice Bergeron

Chris Spring

Robert Farah

Juan Sebastian Cabal

Reineris Salas

Anett Kontaveit

Tessa Worley

Vanessa Hinz

Sarah Wellbrock

Natalie Geisenberger

Ellie Downie

Gemma Howell

Mark Cavendish

Sergio Parisse

Janis Smedins

Aurimas Adomavičius

Sara Dosho

Alistair Overeem

Dafne Schippers

Annemiek Van Vleuten

Andres Aukland

Maren Lundby

Lucas Braathen

Bridgitte Hartley

Rafa Nadal

Martina Fontanive

Zlatan Ibrahimovic 

Mikael Ymer

Tai Tzu-Ying

Nick Goepper

Nicole Vogt

Megan Rapinoe

Alex Deibold

Jack Sock

Emily Stockman

Chris Mazdzer

John Isner

[Gianlu33 6,001]

9 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Btw @Josh you can vote here, it's quite fast - aside maybe from the Lifetime Achievement and Totallympics' Stars Awards.

Voted

 

[heywoodu 16,459]

12 hours ago, vinipereira said:

 

 

Akhmed Tazhudinov

WRESTLING

 

Letsile Tebogo

ATHLETICS

 

Alexandria Loutitt

SKI JUMPING

 

Ethan Katzberg

ATHLETICS

 

 Qin Haiyang

SWIMMING

 

Jordan Stolz

SPEED SKATING

 

Dear Lord, how could I oversee Jordan Stolz, the premature reincarnation of Eric Heiden? See? That's why I need to write things down  

[heywoodu 16,459]

9 hours ago, Josh said:

Italy’s Davis Cup title?? Really??

 

All of the Italians probably voted for that moment. 

That's a matter of opinion of course. As someone who is neither Italian nor a big follower of tennis, I very much find it understandable given the historic value of it. Much more so than for example one of gazillion swimming relays, but that's the thing: other people might value that one more, and that's fine too  

[heywoodu 16,459]

1 hour ago, Jinzha said:

I believe it's not a bad thing the sport moment of the year is from a major sport. These are the sports that most of us watch, the memories that we share. Even if a moment in a smaller sport was exciting for me, as a community these big moments on swimming, athletics, tennis, etc. unite us.

 

That said, my personal sport moment of the year (MvdP road cycling world championship) isn't nominated. But in the end nothing beats watching that incredible race together with my dad, just like when I was young.

Yeah, too bad, definitely one of my all-time highlights in sports. I even decided to wake Bruna up from her post-training nap because I felt this was such a historic moment, she really shouldn't miss it  

 

It is fun to see everyone's opinions though. Plenty of people won't even know this happened, while someone else's sports moments (like the Edin one mentioned) may make me go "Huh?" in return