Athlete of the Year (Denmark)
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Denmark's Sportsman of the Year ( Danish Årets Sportsnavn ) is an award that has been given annually since 1991 by the Danish Sports Association ( Danmarks Idræts-Forbund , DIF for short) in cooperation with the daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten .
nomination
Denmark's best athlete of the past calendar year is determined, with men, women and teams competing against each other. A prize committee acts as jurors, chaired by the Danish Minister of Education and the DIF President as second chairman. The result is usually announced in early January. The prize is endowed with 50,000 Danish kroner (approx. 6710 euros) and is considered the most important award in Danish sport.
The jury of experts, which includes the publisher and sports editor of Jyllands-Posten , draws up a list of nominees from three athletes or teams and is also responsible for choosing the winner. In addition to the award for Denmark's Sportsman of the Year, other prizes have also been awarded in the past. In 2013, the event included awards for the best Danish football player, the greatest young Olympic player or for Danish disabled sports.
Award winners
The Danish national women's handball team received the most awards (three wins), followed by the two rowers Eskild Ebbesen and Thomas Ebert , the swimmer Mette Jacobsen , the racing driver Tom Kristensen and the tennis player Caroline Wozniacki (two successes each). The most common sport among the winners is swimming (five wins), followed by handball (four) and rowing (three). In 13 out of 26 cases women were named Denmark's Sportsman of the Year. Winter sports enthusiasts have not yet been successful.
| year | Prize winner | sport | Successes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Mette Jacobsen | swim | Four-time medalist at the 20th European Swimming Championships in Athens (gold over 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter butterfly and 4 × 200-meter freestyle, bronze over 4 × 100-meter freestyle), two-time medalist at the 6th swimming world championships in Perth (bronze in the 200-meter freestyle, 4 × 200-meter freestyle) |
| 1992 |
Jesper Bank Jesper Seier Steen Secher |
sailing | Gold medal winner at the XXV. Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona ( Soling ) |
| 1993 | Women's national handball team | Handball | Silver medalist at the 11th World Handball Championship in Norway |
| 1994 | Women's national handball team | Handball | Gold medal winner at the 11th European Handball Championship in Germany |
| 1995 | Mette Jacobsen | swim | Five-time medal winner at the 22nd European Swimming Championships in Vienna (gold over 100-meter back and 100-meter butterfly, silver over 200-meter butterfly and 100-meter freestyle, bronze over 200-meter freestyle) |
| 1996 | Bjarne Riis | Cycling | Winner of the 83rd Tour de France |
| 1997 | Wilson Kipketer | athletics | Gold medalist at the 6th World Athletics Championships in Athens (800-meter run), gold medalist at the 6th World Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris (800-meter run with world record - 1: 42.67 min), outdoor world record - 1:41 , 11 min, 13 wins this season |
| 1998 |
Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen Victor Feddersen Thomas Ebert |
rowing | Gold medal winner at the 23rd World Rowing Championships in Cologne ( lightweight foursome without a helmsman ) |
| 1999 | Camilla Martin | badminton | Gold medalist at the 11th Badminton World Championships in Copenhagen (singles) |
| 2000 | Women's national handball team | Handball | Gold medal winner at the XXVII. Sydney Olympic Games |
| 2001 | Thomas Bjørn | golf | Winner of the Dubai Desert Classic , runner-up at the Scottish Open , ranking seventh on the European Tour |
| 2002 | Tom Kristensen | Motorsport | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (Audi), the American Le Mans Series (Audi) and Petit Le Mans (Audi) |
| 2003 | Nicki Pedersen | Speedway | Individual world champion |
| 2004 |
Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig |
rowing | Gold medal winner at the XXVIII. Summer Olympic Games in Athens (lightweight foursome without a helmsman) |
| 2005 | Tom Kristensen | Motorsport | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (Audi) and the 12 Hours of Sebring , third in the DTM season |
| 2006 | Mikkel Kessler | Boxing | World Champion according to WBA and WBC (super middleweight) |
| 2007 |
Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist |
rowing | Gold medalist at the 32nd World Rowing Championships in Munich (lightweight double sculls, LM2x), world record in lightweight double sculls |
| 2008 | Men's national handball team | Handball | Gold medalist at the 8th European Handball Championship in Norway |
| 2009 | Lotte Friis | swim | double medalist at the 13th swimming world championships in Rome (gold over 800 meter freestyle, silver over 1500 meter freestyle), world record over 1500 meter freestyle (short course - 15: 28.65 min) |
| 2010 | Caroline Wozniacki | tennis | World number one and winner of six WTA tournaments |
| 2011 | Jeanette Ottesen | swim | Gold medalist at the 14th World Swimming Championships in Shanghai (100-meter freestyle), six-time medalist at the 19th European Short Course Championships in Szczecin (gold over 50 and 100-meter butterfly and with the 4 × 50-meter individual relay, silver over 50 - and 100-meter freestyle and with the 4 × 50-meter freestyle relay) |
| 2012 | Let Norman Hansen | Cycling | Gold medal winner at the XXX. London Summer Olympics ( Omnium ) |
| 2013 | Maja Jager | Archery | Gold and bronze medalist (Olympic bow) at the World Archery Championships 2013 in Antalya |
| 2014 | Camilla Pedersen | Triathlon | ITU world champion in the long-distance triathlon |
| 2015 | René Holten Poulsen | Canoe racing | Two-time gold medalist at the 42nd canoeing world championships in Milan (kayak K-1 500 m, K-1 1000 m), three-time medal winner at the European canoeing championships in Račice (gold in K1 500 m and K1 5000 m, silver in K1 1000 m) |
| 2016 | Pernille flower | swim | two-time medalist at the XXXI. Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro (gold in the 50-meter freestyle, bronze with the 4 × 100-meter relay) |
| 2017 | Viktor Axelsen | badminton | World champion in singles, world number leader for the first time from November 15, 2017 |
| 2018 | Caroline Wozniacki | tennis | Winner of the Australian Open in women's singles , as well as two other tournaments |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b René Holten Poulsen er Årets Sportsnavn at jyllands-posten.dk, January 9, 2016 (accessed April 8, 2016)
- ↑ cf. Audi driver Tom Kristensen is "Sportsman of the Year" at motorsport-server.de, December 29, 2005 (accessed January 7, 2011)
- ↑ Årets Sportsnavn for 20th gang. Friis, Wozniacki eller Breschel? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at jyllands-posten.dk, November 13, 2010 (accessed January 7, 2011).
- ↑ Jacob Draminsky: Bueskytten Maja Jager he Årets Sportsnavn 2013. Danmarks Idræts-Forbund , 4th January 2014. Retrieved on January 14, 2014 (Danish).
