The Sportsperson of the Year awards are a group of awards awarded to the most popular Luxembourgish sportsperson of the preceding year, as voted by the national sportspress. There are two main categories: one for men (), and one for women (Trophée de la Meilleure Sportive). Other awards are given for the best team (Challenge de la Meilleure Equipe), best young sportsperson (Prix du Jeune Espoir), most honorable sportsperson (Prix d'Honneur), and for fair play (Prix du Fair play). In 2022, the voting for the men's award reached a tie for the first time, the award going to both Bob Jungels and Dylan Pereira. On the women's side, Sarah de Nutte and Ni Xia Lian won the award together after having been nominated as a pair.
List of winners
1954–1965 From 1954 until 1965, there was a single title of "Sportsperson of the Year", awarded to either a male or female sportsperson.
Year Winner Sport 1954 Charly Gaul Cycling 1955 Charly Gaul Cycling 1956 Charly Gaul Cycling 1957 Josy Stoffel Gymnastics 1958 Charly Gaul Cycling 1959 Jean Link Fencing 1960 Josy Stoffel Gymnastics 1961 Sylvie Hülsemann Water skiing 1962 Norbert Haupert Athletics 1963 Norbert Haupert Athletics 1964 Charles Sowa Walking 1965 René Kilburg Athletics
1966 onwards It was decided to divide the contest into two from 1966, with separate categories for men and for women, as it has remained since.
Year Sportsman of the Year Sportswoman of the Year Winner Sport Winner Sport 1966 René Kilburg Athletics Sylvie Hülsemann Water skiing 1967 Charles Sowa Walking Colette Flesch Fencing 1968 Louis Pilot Football Sylvie Hülsemann Water skiing 1969 Louis Pilot Football Annette Berger Athletics 1970 Nicolas Koob Motorsport Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1971 Charles Sowa Walking Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1972 Charles Sowa Walking Nelly Wies Archery 1973 Robert Schiel Fencing Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1974 Marcel Balthasar Archery Berty Krier Table tennis 1975 Roland Bombardella Athletics Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1976 Roland Bombardella Athletics Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1977 Roland Bombardella Athletics Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1978 Roland Bombardella Athletics Jeanny Dom Table tennis 1979 Lucien Didier Cycling Carine Risch Table tennis 1980 Justin Gloden Athletics Carine Risch Table tennis 1981 Fonsy Grethen Billiards Carine Risch Table tennis 1982 Roland Jacoby Shooting Carine Risch Table tennis 1983 Roland Jacoby Shooting Jeannette Goergen Archery 1984 Raymond Conzemius Athletics Jeannette Goergen Archery 1985 Claude Michely Cycling Danièle Kaber Athletics 1986 Fonsy Grethen Billiards Danièle Kaber Athletics 1987 Robby Langers Football Nancy Arendt Swimming 1988 Marc Girardelli Skiing Danièle Kaber Athletics 1989 Marc Girardelli Skiing Nancy Arendt Swimming 1990 Guy Hellers Football Marion Hammang Weightlifting 1991 Marc Girardelli Skiing Malou Thill Weightlifting 1992 Eugène Berger Mountaineering Marion Hammang Weightlifting 1993 Marc Girardelli Skiing Anne Kremer Tennis 1994 Marc Girardelli Skiing Raymonde Moes Karate 1995 Guy Hellers Football Nancy Kemp-Arendt Triathlon 1996 Marc Girardelli Skiing Nancy Kemp-Arendt Triathlon 1997 Christian Poos Cycling Nancy Kemp-Arendt Triathlon 1998 Dan Dethier Triathlon Anne Kremer Tennis 1999 Jeff Strasser Football Anne Kremer Tennis 2000 Kim Kirchen Cycling Nancy Kemp-Arendt Triathlon 2001 Jeff Strasser Football Ni Xia Lian Table tennis 2002 David Fiegen Athletics Tessy Scholtes Karate 2003 Kim Kirchen Cycling Claudine Schaul Tennis 2004 Kim Kirchen Cycling Elizabeth May Triathlon 2005 Kim Kirchen Cycling Elizabeth May Triathlon 2006 Fränk Schleck Cycling Elizabeth May Triathlon 2007 Kim Kirchen Cycling Elizabeth May Triathlon 2008 Kim Kirchen Cycling Marie Muller Judo 2009 Andy Schleck Cycling Elizabeth May Triathlon 2010 Andy Schleck Cycling Marie Muller Judo 2011 Andy Schleck Cycling Mandy Minella Tennis 2012 Laurent Carnol Swimming Marie Muller Judo 2013 Dirk Bockel Triathlon Christine Majerus Cycling 2014 Gilles Müller Tennis Jenny Warling Karate 2015 Gilles Muller Tennis Christine Majerus Cycling 2016 Gilles Muller Tennis Christine Majerus Cycling 2017 Gilles Muller Tennis Christine Majerus Cycling 2018 Bob Jungels Cycling Christine Majerus Cycling 2019 Bob Bertemes Athletics Christine Majerus Cycling 2021 Charles Grethen Athletics Christine Majerus Cycling 2022 Bob JungelsDylan Pereira CyclingMotorsport Ni Xia LianSarah De Nutte Table tennisTable tennis 2023 Leandro Barreiro Football Patrizia van der Weken Athletics 2024 Tom Habscheid Para-athletics Patrizia van der Weken Athletics 2025 Ruben Querinjean Athletics Patrizia van der Weken Athletics
Note: In 2022, the men's award voting resulted in a tie between Bob Jungels and Dylan Pereira, both having 370 points. On the women's side, Ni Xia Lian and Sarah De Nutte won the title together having been nominated as a pair.
Luxembourgish Team of the Year
This 3rd annual award was first given out in 1962.
Year Winner 1962 BBC Etzella Ettelbruck 1963 Luxembourg national football team 1964 HB Dudelange 1965 DT Red Boys Differdange 1966 Militärliichtathletikequipe 1967 HB Dudelange 1968 Jeunesse Esch 1969 Jeunesse Esch 1970 HB Dudelange 1971 Women's Table Tennis national team 1972 Table Tennis National Team 1973 Deegen-Nationalequipe 1974 Table Tennis Europaliga-Luxembourg Women's 1975 Table Tennis Europaliga-Luxembourg Women's 1976 T71 Dudelange 1977 Table Tennis Europaliga-Team 1978 Table Tennis Europaliga-Team 1979 FA Red Boys Differdange 1980 Luxembourg national football team 1981 Handball national team 1982 Table Tennis Europaliga-Team 1983 Table Tennis Europaliga-Team 1984 Luxembourg national basketball team 1985 Sporting Luxembourg Women 1986 Jeunesse Esch 1987 Luxembourg national football team 1988 Luxembourg national football team 1989 Luxembourg national football team 1990 Luxembourg national football team 1991 Luxembourg national football team 1992 Luxembourg Davis Cup team 1993 Men's Table Tennis national team 1994 Table Tennis Europaliga-Team 1995 Luxembourg national football team 1996 Table Tennis Europaliga-Luxembourg Women's 1997 Women's Table Tennis national team 1998 Women's Table Tennis national team 1999 Women's Table Tennis national team 2000 Table Tennis Doubles Ni-Regenwetter 2001 Women's Table Tennis national team 2002 Women's Table Tennis national team 2003 Luxembourg Davis Cup team 2004 Luxembourg Davis Cup team 2005 Guy Rosen together with Viktoriya Fadina (Dance) 2006 Luxembourg Davis Cup team 2007 Luxembourg national football team 2008 Luxembourg national football team 2009 Women's Table Tennis national team 2010 Handball Esch 2011 Luxembourg national football team 2012 F91 Dudelange 2013 Handball Esch 2014 Luxembourg Women's Table Tennis 2015 Luxembourg Women's Table Tennis 2016 Luxembourg Women's Table Tennis 2017 Luxembourg national football team 2018 F91 Dudelange 2019 F91 Dudelange 2021 Luxembourg national football team 2022 Luxembourg national football team 2023 Luxembourg national football team 2024 Luxembourg women's national basketball team
Individual statistics
Winners of more than three titles Name Sport Titles Jeanny Dom Table tennis 7 Christine Majerus Cycling 7 Marc Girardelli Skiing 6 Nancy Kemp-Arendt Swimming, triathlon 6 Kim Kirchen Cycling 6 Roland Bombardella Athletics 4 Charly Gaul Cycling 4 Carine Risch Table tennis 4 Charles Sowa Walking 4 Elizabeth May Triathlon 4 Gilles Muller Tennis 4 Sylvie Hülsemann Water skiing 3 Danièle Kaber Athletics 3 Anne Kremer Tennis 3 Andy Schleck Cycling 3 Marie Muller Judo 3
Titles by sport Not including team of the year award.
Sport Sportspeople Titles Cycling 9 26 Athletics 11 19 Table tennis 5 15 Triathlon 4 11 Tennis 4 9 Football 5 8 Skiing 1 6 Archery 3 4 Walking 1 4 Fencing 3 3 Karate 3 3 Weightlifting 2 3 Swimming 2 3 Water skiing 1 3 Judo 1 3 Motorsport 2 2 Gymnastics 1 2 Billiards 1 2 Shooting 1 2 Mountaineering 1 1 Para-athletics 1 1 Note: Nancy Kemp-Arendt's first two titles are categorised under swimming, and most recent four under triathlon.
References
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