Because of current lockdown in the country, this year the Athlete of the Year award could not be presented in traditional evening TV Gala show, but just the results were revealed at the office of our NOC this morning.
and surprise, surprise, surprise...
Petra Vlhová won for the 3rd time in a row, this time even beating our only Tokyo 2020 Olympics Gold medalist
so here the results:
Slovak Athlete of the Year 2021
1. Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing) 1157 points (80x 1st places votes - 36x 2nd places votes - 1x 3rd place vote) 121x voted
2. Zuzana Rehák Štefečeková (Shooting - Trap) 1109 (39 - 72 - 4) 121x
3. Jakub Grigar (Canoeing Slalom) 771 (1 - 4 - 62) 107x
4. Rory Sabbatini (Golf) 650 (0 - 0 - 10) 107x
5. Erik "Drago" Černák (Ice Hockey) 557 (0 - 1 - 20) 96x
6. Filip Polášek (Tennis) 482 (0 - 0 - 6) 108x
7. Milan Škriniar (Football) 402 (1 - 5 - 5) 90x
8. Peter Sagan (Road Cycling) 370 (0 - 2 - 6) 89x
9. Jozef Metelka (Paralympic Cycling) 161 (0 - 0 - 3) 45x
10. Peter Cehlárik (Ice Hockey) 129 (0- 0- 0) 44x
43 different Athletes received at least one vote
Slovak Team of the Year 2021
1. Canoeing Sprint M K4-500m (Canoeing Sprint) 340 (108 - 6 - 4) 118x
2. M Ice Hockey National Team (Ice Hockey) 115 (6 - 43 - 11) 60x
3. M Canoeing Slalom C1 Team (Canoeing Slalom) 72 (1 - 26 - 17) 44x
18 different Teams received at least one vote
Other Awards:
Slovak Legend (Slovak Sport Hall of Fame)
Miloš Mečíř (Tennis)
Paralympian of The Year
Jozef Metelka (Road Cycling, Track Cycling)
Sports Talent of The Year
Martin Svrček (Road Cycling)
Non-Olympic Athlete of The Year
Vladimír Holota (Bodybuilding)
Monika Chochlíková (Kickboxing)
Samuel Saxa (Water Ski)
Non-Olympic Performance of The Year
Alexander Vaško (Water Ski) for being the first person ever to jump over 70m which happened this year at the World Champs