Sportsperson of the Year (Slovakia)
Introduction Michal Martikán, quadruple winner of the award'''Sportsperson of the Year''' () is a trophy awarded to the best Slovak athletes by the Club of Sports Journalists of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists. The trophy was founded in 1993, following the annual award Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year, which was finished after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.So far the individual trophy has been awarded to 8 different athletes, among which there were 6 men and 2 women (as of 2008). The most successful athletes were Martina Moravcová (swimmer), who achieved it 6 times, and Michal Martikán (slalom canoeist), who won 4 times. The team trophy has been achieved by teams of 5 different sports disciplines (as of 2008). The most successful were K4 kayakers, who received it 6 times, and ice hockey players, who won 5 times.
Individual awards  Year Name Sport 1993  Swimming 1994  Cycling 1995  Swimming 1996  C1 Canoe slalom 1997  C1 Canoe slalom 1998  Swimming 1999  Shooting 2000  Swimming 2001  Swimming 2002  Ice hockey 2003  Swimming 2004  K1 Canoe slalom 2005  Tennis 2006  Snowboarding 2007  C1 Canoe slalom 2008  C1 Canoe slalom 2009 Pavol Hochschorner C2 Canoe slalom 2010  Biathlon 2011 Pavol Hochschorner C2 Canoe slalom 2012  Shooting 2013  Cycling 2014  Biathlon 2015  Cycling 2016  Athletics – 50 kilometres race walk 2017  Cycling 2018  Biathlon 2019  Alpine skiing 2020  Alpine skiing 2021  Alpine skiing
Team awards  Year Team 1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021
See also * Sportsperson of the Year (Czechoslovakia)
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