National & International Sports Awards

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Athlete of the Year 2020

 

 

1. Petra Vlhová  (Alpine Skiing) 457points of Slovak Sport Journalists (86, 6, 1) 93×

2. Peter Sagan  (Road Cycling) 257 (2 35 26) 79×

3. Erik "Drago" Černák  (Ice Hockey)  247 (2 40 20) 72×

4. Ján Volko (Athletics)  102 (- 5 8) 50×

5. Matej Tóth (Athletics)  76 (2 2 12) 30×

6. Martin Dúbravka (Football)  46 (- 1 7) 20×

7. Andrej Sekera (Ice Hockey)  43 (- – 6) 24×

8. Ivona Fialková (Biathlon)  24 (- 1 1) 11×

9. Milan Škriniar (Football)  21 (- 1 2) 11×

10. Paulína Fialková (Biathlon)  20 (- 1 3) 9×

 

 

Team of the Year 2020

 

1. Mens Football National Team  80

2. Womens Tennis Fed Cup Team  8

3. Mens Floorball National Team   3

 

 

Parallympian of the Year 2020

 

1. Jozef Metelka  (Road & Track Cycling)

 

Parallympic Team of the Year 2020

 

1. Mixed Curling National Team

 

Hall of Famer 2020 (Sports Legend)

 

1. Igor Liba  (Ice Hockey)

1985 World Champion, 2x Silver (1982, 1983) and 2x Bronze Medalist (1987, 1992)

2 Times Olympic Medalist (Silver Sarajevo 1984 and Bronze Albertville 1992)

VSŽ Košice, Slovak & Czechoslovak Legend.

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Without any surprise Robert Lewandowski (football) won award in "Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego" for the best (most popular) Polish athlete of the year.

 

Iga Świątek (tennis) was second and Kamil Stoch (ski jumping) finished on third place.

 

On fourth place was Kajetan Kajetonwicz (car races), fifth Bartosz Zmarzlik (speedway), sixth Natalia Maliszewska (short track), seventh Jan Błachowicz (mixed martial arts), eight Wilfredo Leon (volleyball), ninth Katarzyna Niewiadoma (road cycling) and tenth Dawid Kubacki (ski jumping).

 

The other athletes who didn't make top 10 were Jan-Krzysztof Duda (chess), Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (wrestling), Michał Kwiatkowski (road cycling), Justyna Święty-Ersetic (athletics) and Katarzyna Wasick (swimming).

 

 

Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli wins special award "Superchampion" for her achievments in whole career and her contribution for Polish sport.

 

Faustyna Kotłowska (athletics) wins award for the best "Paralympian".

 

The best coach is Piotr Sierzputowski (Iga Świątek's main coach).

 

Marcin Jankowski win the award from the best athlete in "E-sports".

 

Award for the best event of the year held in Poland went to Tour de Pologne.

 

There was no award for the best team this year.

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As a celebration of the 125 anniversary of the Danish Olympic Committee Denmark has a major show today, where the biggest Danish sports star is selected. 

 

The 125 nominees can be found here:

https://www.dif.dk/de-storste-af-de-storste/de-125-storste-danske-sportsstjerner

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The 125 were cut down to the following 8:

Poul Elvstrøm (Sailing)
Ragnhild Hveger (Swimming)

Michael Laudrup (Football)

Wilson Kipketer (Athletics)

Eskild Ebbesen (Rowing)

Peter Schmeichel (Football)

Caroline Wozniacki (Tennis)

Viktor Axelsen (Badminton)

 

Then it was up to the viewers.

The final winner was....

 

Michael Laudrup

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 Hassan and Warholm crowned 2021 European Athletes of the Year

 

Sifan Hassan from  the Netherlands and  Norway’s Karsten Warholm have been crowned the 2021  European Athletes of the Year at the Golden Tracks award ceremony which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday evening.

 

https://european-athletics.com/news/hassan-and-warholm-crowned-2021-european-athletes-of-the-year

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Gazzetta Awards, the main Italian prize, revealed today the short list for the 2021 prizes:

 

Man of the Year:

• Matteo Berrettini (tennis): Wimbledon finalist and top-10 in the ATP ranking
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (football): Euro 2021 winner
• Filippo Ganna (cycling): Golden medallist in Tokyo 2020 in the team pursuit, world champion in the team pursuit and men's individual time trial
• Marcell Jacobs (athletics), Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in 100m and 4x100
• Gianmarco Tamberi, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in high jump 

 

Woman of the Year:

• Vanessa Ferrari (gymnastic): Tokyo 2020 silver medallist in women's floor.
• Antonella Palmisano (athletics): Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in 20km race walk
• Federica Cesarini & Valentina Rodini (rowing): Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in lightweight double sculls
• Marta Bassino (ski alpine): 2021 World Champion in parallel slalom and winner of the WC in the giant slalom
• Elisa Balsamo (cycling): 2021 world champion in the road cycling, two medals et ECh. 

 

Best Olympic Feat (popular vote):

• Luigi Busà (karate) 
• Vito Dell'Aquila (taekwondo) 
• Marcell Jacobs (athletics) 
• Federica Cesarini & Valentina Rodini (rowing)
• Men's 4x100 Relay (athletics) 
• Men's Team Pursuit (cycling) 
• Gianmarco Tamberi (athletics) 
• Caterina Banti & Ruggero Tita (Sailing) 
• Massimo Stano (athletics)

 

Coach of the Year:

• Roberto Mancini (football), EURO 2020 winner
• Antonio Conte (football), winner of Serie A with Inter
• Emanuela Maccarani (rhythmic gymnastics), coach of the Italian rhythmic team, bronze medal at Tokyo 2020
• Daniele Santarelli (volleyball), coach of Croatia and Conegliano, winner of Italian championship and have a still active victory strike record 
• Marco Villa (cycling), plus time WCh and OG medallist 

 

Team of the Year:

• TBD

 

Paralympic Athlete of the Year:

• TBD

 

Exploit of the Year:

• TBD

 

Performance of the Year:

• TBD

 

Breakthrough of the Year:

• TBD

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Post update with the coach of the year shortlist

I'm really happy to see Maccarani in the top 5 @thiago_simoes

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Brazilian choices are:

 

Female:

 

Ana Marcela Cunha (Gold - Aquatic Marathon)

Rayssa Leal (Silver in Skate Park and Silver at the worlds)

Rebeca Andrade (Gold and Silver - Gymnastic)

 

Male:

 

Hebert Conceição Souza (Gold in boxing with a beautiful KO)

Isaquias Queiroz (Gold in Canoeing)

Italo Ferreira (Gold in Surfing)

 

My picks are Rebeca and Isaquias

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BTW, i would pick our double olympic gold in Sailing duo Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze to be at least on the options

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Damien Warner, Tokyo 2020 gold medallist in the Decathlon, won Canadian athlete of the year.

 

Also on the shortlist:

• Andre de Grasse (Athletics)
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Baseball)
• Connor McDavid (Ice hockey)
• Alphonso Davies (Soccer)
• Stephanie Labbé (Soccer)
• Maggie Mac Neil (Swimming)