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Simone Biles
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
 
 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
ATHLETICS
 
 Rūta Meilutytė
SWIMMING
 

VOTING BREAKDOWN
33/34 MEMBERS VOTED  
POINTS # #1   300 19 13   QIN HAIYANG 280 24 8   JORDAN STOLZ 190 15 6   ETHAN KATZBERG 185 16 4   ALEXANDRIA LOUTITT 110 14 1   LETSILE TEBOGO 50 5 1   AKHMED TAZHUDINOV

Qin Haiyang
SWIMMING
 
 Jordan Stolz
SPEED SKATING
 
 Ethan Katzberg
ATHLETICS
 

Christine Sinclair
FOOTBALL
2023 was the farewell year from international competitions for many football players, but few have had the impact of Christine Sinclair. Having played over 20 years for Canada, she has participated in 6 FIFA World Cups and 4 Olympic Games, captaining the team to third-place finishes in 2012 and 2016 and a historic gold medal in 2020. Along with the fact that she is one of only three players to score at five World Cup editions, Sinclair is officially the all-time world leader in international goals scored by men or women, with 190 goals. Shortlisted for FIFA Women's Player of the Year a total of seven times, she was referred by college teammate Megan Rapinoe as "the best player to never win the award". Indeed, her legacy and a brilliant career more than justifies a place in our Hall of Fame.
 

Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Totallympics Awards, a celebration of the year in sports!
 
Once again we are here to celebrate the best of the year in sport, as voted by our esteemed Totallympics members. 2023 has brought incredible moments for sports fans around the world and, over the next hour, we will unveal the winners of the 11 competitive categories of the Awards, as well as a special prize for those who make Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. We will also celebrate the achievements of sports figures who retired this year, who will be inducted into the prestigious Totallympics Hall of Fame. I hope everyone enjoy it!
 

Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Totallympics Awards, a celebration of the year in sports!
 
Once again we are here to celebrate the best of the year in sport, as voted by our esteemed Totallympics members. 2023 has brought incredible moments for sports fans around the world and, over the next hour, we will unveal the winners of the 11 competitive categories of the Awards, as well as a special prize for those who make Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. We will also celebrate the achievements of sports figures who retired this year, who will be inducted into the prestigious Totallympics Hall of Fame. I hope everyone enjoy it!
 

Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Totallympics Awards, a celebration of the year in sports!
 
Once again we are here to celebrate the best of the year in sport, as voted by our esteemed Totallympics members. 2023 has brought incredible moments for sports fans around the world and, over the next hour, we will unveal the winners of the 11 competitive categories of the Awards, as well as a special prize for those who make Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. We will also celebrate the achievements of sports figures who retired this year, who will be inducted into the prestigious Totallympics Hall of Fame. I hope everyone enjoy it!
 

Happy Olympic Year to all my fellow Totallympians, can’t wait for Paris 2024! 
 
Hard to follow what @Olympian1010 just wrote, but here we go. 
 
What a year it’s been, from Niklas Edin’s iconic (once in a lifetime) curling shot, to Joan Verdu making history for Andorra in alpine skiiing by becoming the first from his country to stand on a podium in a winter Olympic sport, to MVDP’s fall in the men’s road race but soon after recovers to win gold at the Cycling World Championships, to some of my more personal highlights, like Canada’s surprise qualification for Paris in men’s volleyball (I still thank Bulgaria to this day), Connor Bedard’s 23 points at the Hockey World Juniors, to Vancouver Canucks’s unexpected early season success, and finally Canada’s qualification for Paris men’s basketball for the first time since 2000.  
 
Right, now time for my express my thanks to some of the users on here. @Olympian1010@Cobi  thank you for another great year of TISC (even though I didn’t participate), @hckošice @maestro@phelps@Topicmaster1010@Benolympique@Cinnamon Bun (might be missing some) for your sporting updates, @heywoodu for never failing to make me laugh (seriously), @hckošice@vinipereira for your top notch moderation and keeping this site a safe place for others, @Wumo for all the fun prediction contests, (This year I ended up winning 1 gold, and 1 bronze in 8 contests entered, pretty horrible by my standards), @Laraja for all your work on the various Olympic/Paralympic Rankings. A special thanks to @Sindo for keeping this forum up and running, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. And finally, thank you to everyone who has contributed to this forum this year. 
 
May your 2024 be filled with health, happiness, and a whole lot of Olympic quotas/medals 

Well, I think it’s time for my annual “final post of the year” thingy. I’m this one a bit earlier than usual, so hopefully no one snakes the honor from me 
 
As always, 2023 was a lively year on the forum. It felt like the year began with users trying to cancel each other over their opinions on one conflict, and ended with users trying to cancel each other over another. Still, it was nice interacting with all of you during another revolution around the Sun. Whether we were sharing retro video game footage during the TISC, or gasping in disbelief at Femke Bol’s infamous fall, the feeling of togetherness and shared excitement shone through once more. I would like to thank everyone who indulged my incessant posts in the multi-sports games section, shared results documents with me, aided my hosting of the TISC, or simply interacted with me on the forum. I’ve spoken about the personal importance of this website to me in the past, but I can’t understate what an impact it has on my life. It’s there when I want to chat with people; while I anxiously wait at the doctor/dentist/other mundane places; when I need the hottest gossip or newest info on major event, or when I simply need something to scroll through on my phone. I consider many users to be legitimate friends of mine, even if we’ve never met in person. I guess that’s the “true” Magic of Totallympics. 
 
I wanted to give a shoutout to @Sindo for keeping the forum online and open for another year. To the mod team, @vinipereira @hckošice (and anyone I’m forgetting) for trying to keep threads as civil as possible. To @Wumo for creating so many fun and competitive prediction contests (even if I’m not the most active in the that space). To @Cobi for organizing a wonderful annual edition of the TISC. To @OlympicIRL @mrv86 for their assistance in organizing the open edition of TISC. To @JoshMartini007 @Matej @Benolympique @Mateus Nagime @Laraja @Josh for the frequent and informative updates on Olympic qualification. To anyone who joined this madness this year and stuck around (I don’t have a full list unfortunately). To anyone who contributed to the forum in their own way. 
 
There’s a lot to look forward to next year; I’m sure none of you need a reminder, so I’ll simply wish all users, their families, their friends, and their fellow country people a wonderful and hopeful new year. I personally hold no ill will towards 2023, but it is exciting to flip the calendar back around and celebrate a new year. 
 
So with hope in our hearts and in eager anticipation of what lies ahead, let’s prepare to welcome the last Totallympics time zone to 2024 and 33rd modern Olympiad!

AWARDS CEREMONY
Monday, January 1st, 16:00 (UTC+0)
 

AWARDS CEREMONY
Monday, January 1st, 16:00 (UTC+0)
 

Last day of voting. Tagging voters from the first stage here, but hopefully more members will participate (we have 25 so far).
 
 
Also, if anyone is interested in writing a short piece for any of the Hall of Fame inductees, please let me know 

Last day of voting. Tagging voters from the first stage here, but hopefully more members will participate (we have 25 so far).
 
 
Also, if anyone is interested in writing a short piece for any of the Hall of Fame inductees, please let me know 

Just the categories you want to vote 

Friendly reminder that we still have 3 days of voting for the second stage. Everyone who is a Totallympics member can participate, just click on the image.
 

Great list, although I don't think Nadal has retired yet  Also would love more suggestions from non-Olympic sports.
 
To that list I would add two great athletes from the Paralympic world: Jason Smyth (Athletics) and Shingo Kunieda (Wheelchair Tennis).

It's okay. It would be a problem if everyone shared their favourites, though  (just because of the "surprise" factor).

Also, it's very hard from something out of the usual to be nominated since people vote for many (and sometimes very specific) different moments, some of which I didn't even knew had happened. My favourite moment this year was definitely the one by Adriana Diaz and Bruna Takahashi after the singles gold medal match at the Pan American Games (especially moving considering they've known each other since they were children).
 

NOMINATIONS TOTALS
I I  UNITED STATES 7 I I  AUSTRALIA 5 I I  FRANCE 5 I I  NETHERLANDS 5 I
I  BRAZIL 3 I I  CANADA 3 I I  ITALY 3 I I  CHINA 2 I I  GERMANY 2 I I  JAPAN 2 I I  NORWAY 2 I I  SOUTH AFRICA 2 I I  SWITZERLAND 2 I I  ALGERIA 1 I I  BAHRAIN 1 I I  BOTSWANA 1 I I  CZECHIA 1 I I  DENMARK 1 I I  EGYPT 1 I I  GREAT BRITAIN 1 I I  HUNGARY 1 I I  KENYA 1 I I  LITHUANIA 1 I I  POLAND 1 I I  ROMANIA 1 I I  SERBIA 1 I I  SINGAPORE 1 I I  SPAIN 1
I I  SWEDEN 1
I I  TÜRKIYE 1
 
 
Thank you, everybody! Join us next Monday, January 1st, for the 2023 Totallympic Awards ceremony.
 

Great list, although I don't think Nadal has retired yet  Also would love more suggestions from non-Olympic sports.
 
To that list I would add two great athletes from the Paralympic world: Jason Smyth (Athletics) and Shingo Kunieda (Wheelchair Tennis).

You can add Christine Sinclair to the list, greatest goal scorer in women's soccer of all time?

It's okay. It would be a problem if everyone shared their favourites, though  (just because of the "surprise" factor).