Slovak Athlete of the Year 2018 Results
Athlete of the Year 2018
1. Anastasiya Kuzmina (Biathlon)
Mass Start Olympic Champion, Individual and Pursuit Olympic Silver medalist, World Cup Overall 2nd place, 4 World Cup 2017/18 stages wins.
2. Peter Sagan (Road Cycling)
Tour de France 6th careers Green Jersey competition overall winner, Paris-Roubaix winner, 3 Tour de France 2018 stages winner.
3. Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (Shooting)
Trap world champion, Trap european champion, Double Trap european silver medalist, Mixed Trap World Champion, Mixed Trap European silver medalist.
4. Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing)
5th at Olympic Alpine Combined, 5 World Cup 2017/18 podiums (2 world cup slalom wins, 2 second places, 1 third place)
5. Matej Tóth (Athletics)
Silver medal at European Championsips 50km Race Walk, Dudince 50km 2018 Race Walk winner.
6. Erik Varga (Shooting)
Trap European Champion, Trap World Championships silver medalist, Mixed Trap World Champion, Mixed Trap European silver medalist. First slovak qualified athlete for Tokyo Olympic Games.
7. Alexander Slafkovský (Canoeing Slalom)
4 World Cup C1 podiums, 3xC1 Team event world champion for the 8th time in a row.
8. Paulína Fialková (Biathlon)
5th at the Olympics Individual. 2nd place in World Cup 2017/18 Mass Start race in Tyumen
NOTE: (Her this month results including 3 World Cup podiums will be counted for the next year 2019 Athlete of the Year Awards)
9. Marek Hamšík (Football)
This year he played his 103th match for Slovakia, new record holder. In Napoli he became the all time top goal-scorer of the Italian club.
10. Henrieta Farkašová (Paralympic Alpine Skiing)
Winter Paralympics 4 Gold medals in Downhill, Super-G, Alpine Combined and Giant Slalom (9 in all her career so far), first ever paralympic athlete to made it to the top 10 in Athlete of the year awards.
Team of the Year 2018
1. Womens Biathlon Relay (Paulína Fialková/Anastasiya Kuzmina/Terézia Poliaková/Ivona Fialková)
5th Place at Winter Olympics
2. Mixed Team Trap (Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková/Erik Varga)
World Champions, European Championship Silver, 2 World Cup Stages winners
3. Mens C1 Team Canoeing Slalom (Matej Beňuš/Michal Martikán/Alexander Slafkovský+Marko Mirgorodský)
World Champions 8th time in a row, European Championships (Mirgorodský instead of Beňuš) silver medalist.
Most Popular Athlete of the Year 2018 (Fans Trophy)
Peter Sagan (Road Cycling)
Paralympic Athlete of the Year 2018
Henrieta Farkašová (Paralympic Alpine Skiing)
Paralympic Team of the Year 2018
Shooting Mixed Team (Veronika Vadovíčová/Radoslav Malenovský/Radoslav Morvay/Kristína Funková)
9 Different medals this year at European and World Championships + 2 new World Records.
Sport Legend
Stanislav Kropilák (Basketball)
The best Slovak Basketball player of the 20th century, 3 times European Championships medalist (Silver in 1985 when he was the captain of the team, and 2 Bronze medals in 1977 and 1981) He played at 6 Europeans Championships, 2 World Championships and at 2 Olympic Games (1976 and 1980), In 1991 FIBA magazine listed him as one of the top 50 best players of all times in his post, He played 15 times for Team Europe.