Europe's Sportsman of the Year (UEPS)

This article deals with the annual election of the Union of European Sports Journalists (UEPS); on the annual election of the Polish press agency PAP, see Europe's Sportsman of the Year (PAP) ; for the award of the Association of National Olympic Committees see International Olympic Committee #ANOC-Award .

Europe's athlete of the year 2018, Croatian Luca Modrić

Europe's Sportswoman of the Year 2018, the Czech Ester Ledecká

Europe's Sportsman of the Year is a survey that has been carried out annually by the Union of European Sports Journalists (UEPS) since 1983 . Europe's best athletes of the past calendar year are determined, with men and women competing against each other in separate categories. The result is usually announced in early January. For the first time, European press agencies took part in the vote for the European Sportsman of the Year 2009 (2010).

The UEPS ( French Union Européenne de la Presse Sportive , English European Sports Press Union ) consists of sports journalists from 48 European countries. As the largest continental group, it is organized in the 153-nation international association of the sports press (AIPS), which annually holds an election for World Sportsman of the Year .

Award winners

European Sportsman of the Year ("Frank Taylor Trophy")

The six-time winner Roger Federer (2004-2007, 2009, 2017)

The German Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher , winner of the years 1994 and 2001 to 2003

Sebastian Vettel (winner 2010)

The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer , who won a total of six between 2004 and 2017, received the most awards . The most successful nation is Germany with ten wins. The most common sport among the winners is tennis (twelve wins), followed by athletics (eight wins). With the election of the Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie in 1998, only one winter athlete has been victorious so far.

Since 2003, the award has been named after the British sports journalist and former AIPS President Frank Taylor (1920–2002).

year	Award winners	sport
1983	Michael Gross	swim
1984	Michel Platini	Soccer
1985	Serhiy Bubka	athletics
1986	Boris Becker	tennis
1987	Stephen Roche	Cycling
1988	Serhiy Bubka (2)	athletics
1989	Boris Becker (2)	tennis
1990	Lothar Matthäus	Soccer
1991	Serhiy Bubka (3)	athletics
1992	Vitaly Shcherbo	Apparatus gymnastics
1993	Linford Christie	athletics
1994	Michael sSchumacher	formula 1
1995	Jonathan Edwards	athletics
1996	Alexander Popov	swim
1997	Wilson Kipketer	athletics
1998	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing
1999	Tomáš Dvořák	athletics
2000	Pieter van den Hoogenband	swim
2001	Michael Schumacher (2)	formula 1
2002	Michael Schumacher (3)	formula 1
2003	Michael Schumacher (4)	formula 1
2004	Roger Federer	tennis
2005	Roger Federer (2)	tennis
2006	Roger Federer (3)	tennis
2007	Roger Federer (4)	tennis
2008	Rafael Nadal	tennis
2009	Roger Federer (5)	tennis
2010	Sebastian Vettel	formula 1
2011	Novak Đoković	tennis
2012	Novak Đoković (2)	tennis
2013	Mo Farah	athletics
2014	Manuel Neuer	Soccer
2015	Novak Đoković (3)	tennis
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer
2017	Roger Federer (6)	tennis
2018	Luka Modrić	Soccer
2019	Rafael Nadal (2)	tennis

European Sportswoman of the Year ("Evgen Bergant Trophy")

1985 first female winner from the German-speaking area: GDR athlete Marita Koch

Justine Henin , winner 2003, 2006 and 2007

Blanka Vlašić , winner 2009 and 2010

The tennis players Steffi Graf and Justine Henin received the most awards (three wins each). The most successful nation is Germany with eight wins. The most common sport among the winners is athletics (13 wins), followed by tennis (eight). Winter athletes have been successful six times.

Since 2004 the award has been named after the former Slovenian athlete Evgen Bergant († 2005), former Vice President of the UEPS.

year	Laureate	sport
1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová	athletics
1984	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Cross-country skiing
1985	Marita Koch	athletics
1986	Heike Drechsler	athletics
1987	Steffi Graf	tennis
1988	Kristin Otto	swim
1989	Steffi Graf (2)	tennis
1990	Katrin Krabbe	athletics
1991	Monica Seles	tennis
1992	Krisztina Egerszegi	swim
1993	Franziska van Almsick	swim
1994	Manuela Di Centa	Cross-country skiing
1995	Steffi Graf	tennis
1996	Svetlana Masterkova	athletics
1997	Martina Hingis	tennis
1998	Larissa Lasutina	Cross-country skiing
1999	Gabriela Szabo	athletics
2000	Inge de Bruijn	swim
2001	Svetlana Chorkina	Apparatus gymnastics
2002	Janica Kostelić	Alpine skiing
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	tennis
2004	Kelly Holmes	athletics
2005	Elena Isinbayeva	athletics
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne (2)	tennis
2007	Justine Henin (3)	tennis
2008	Elena Isinbayeva (2)	athletics
2009	Blanka Vlašić	athletics
2010	Blanka Vlašić (2)	athletics
2011	Federica Pellegrini	swim
2012	Jessica Ennis	athletics
2013	Elena Isinbayeva (3)	athletics
2014	Darja Domratschawa	biathlon
2015	Dafne Schippers	athletics
2016	Katinka Hosszú	swim
2017	Katinka Hosszú (2)	swim
2018	Ester Ledecká	Snowboard
2019	Katinka Hosszú (3)	swim

See also

• Europe's Sportsman of the Year (PAP)
• Sportsman of the year

Web links

• Report on the 2019 election at aipsmedia.com
• Report on the 2018 election at aipsmedia.com
• Report on the 2017 election at aipsmedia.com
• Report on the 2016 election at aipsmedia.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Jakobsche, Jerzy: Roger Federer and Blanka Vlasic win UEPS poll at aipsmedia.com, January 15, 2010
2. ↑ cf. borzech; PAP : Federer i Vlasic najlepszymi sportowcami Europy . In: Gazeta Wyborcza , January 14, 2010 (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )
3. ↑ cf. Obituary: Frank Taylor; Sports Journalist and Munich Air Crash Survivor . In: The Independent , July 25, 2002, p. 18
4. ↑ cf. mik; PAP: Federer i Henin-Hardenne wygrali 24th plebiscyt UEPS . In: Gazeta Wyborcza, January 1, 2007 (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )
5. ↑ cf. dpa : Janica Kostelic and Michael Schumacher Europe's “Sportsman of the Year” . December 20, 2002 (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )
6. ↑ cf. Xinhua General News Service: Schumacher, Kostelic win annual European awards . December 21, 2002 (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )