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 18 different athletes, among which there were 11 men and 7 women (as of 2025). The most successful athletes were Martina Moravcová (swimmer), who achieved it 6 times, Michal Martikán (slalom canoeist), who won it 4 times, and Petra Vlhová (alpine skier), who also won it 4 times. The team trophy has been achieved by teams of 10 different sports disciplines (as of 2025). The most successful were K4 kayakers, who received it 8 times, ice hockey players, who won it 6 times, and football players, who also won it 6 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 2022 Alpine skiing 2023 Skeet shooting 2024 C1 Canoe slalom 2025 Athletics – 400 metres hurdles
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 2022 2023 2024 2025
See also Sportsperson of the Year (Czechoslovakia)
References
List of winners. Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (19 January 2026). Retrieved 23 January 2026.