The CDP Awards are a series of annual sporting awards given by the Sports Confederation of Portugal (Confederação do Desporto de Portugal, CDP) to highlight sporting achievements over the preceding year. In addition to honouring athletes and coaches nominated by the national sporting federations within Portugal, awards determined in-part by public voting are also presented. There are currently five awards open to voter participation: Sportsman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards, which were introduced in 2005, and the Young Promise and Team of the Year awards, introduced in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
The awards are presented at a ceremony held at the Casino Estoril in Cascais.
Nomination procedure Contenders for the five awards subject to a public vote are first nominated by the national federation of the sport in which the athlete competes. A jury selected by the CDP then narrows down the nominees to five finalists for each award. From these finalists the winners are chosen with a weighted vote split between the public and attendees of the ceremony. In 2010, the public voting constituted 60% of the final decision with the remaining 40% determined by in-person voting of the ceremony attendees.
Federations are limited to forwarding just one candidate to be evaluated for each award; the choice of which can therefore attract media comment and criticism. In 2008 the sports newspaper Record noted the continued absence of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo from the shortlist for Sportsman of the Year, after the Portuguese Football Federation instead nominated Fernando Couto in deference to the CDP's chosen theme for 2008 of Amor à Camisola (Love of the Jersey). In 2015 the Portuguese Judo Federation caused what Record described as "perplexity in several quarters" after nominating Joana Diogo for Sportswoman of the Year over three-time winner Telma Monteiro, who had earlier that year won her fifth European title and was ranked as the highest Portuguese judoka in the world. The decision was criticised by both Diogo and her coach.
Sportsperson of the Year By year
YearSportsman of the YearSportswoman of the YearRef.Winner SportWinner Sport2005 José Veras Parachuting Diana Gomes Swimming 2006 Francis Obikwelu Athletics Vanessa Fernandes Triathlon 2007 Nelson Évora Athletics Vanessa Fernandes Triathlon 2008 Nelson Évora Athletics Vanessa Fernandes Triathlon 2009 Nelson Évora Athletics Michelle Larcher de Brito Tennis 2010 João Pedro Silva Triathlon Telma Monteiro Judo 2011 Hélder Rodrigues Motor racing Telma Monteiro Judo 2012 Rui Costa Cycling Jéssica Augusto Athletics 2013 Rui Costa Cycling Sara Moreira Athletics 2014 Rui Costa Cycling Telma Monteiro Judo 2015 Miguel Oliveira Motor racing Ana Filipa Martins Gymnastics 2016 Fernando Pimenta Canoeing Telma Monteiro Judo 2017 Miguel Oliveira Motor racing Inês Henriques Race walking 2018 Miguel Oliveira Motor racing Inês Henriques Race walking 2019 Jorge Fonseca Judo Patrícia Sampaio Judo 2020 Miguel Oliveira Motor racing Telma Monteiro Judo 2021 Jorge Fonseca Judo Patrícia Mamona Athletics 2022 Fernando Pimenta Canoeing Auriol Dongmo Athletics 2023 Diogo Ribeiro Swimming Maria Martins Cycling
By number of wins The below tables list all those who have won Sportsman or Sportswoman of the Year more than once. Sportsman of the Year Winner Year Miguel Oliveira 4 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 Nelson Évora 3 2007, 2008, 2009 Rui Costa 2012, 2013, 2014 Jorge Fonseca 2 2019, 2021 Fernando Pimenta 2016, 2022Sportswoman of the Year Winner Year Telma Monteiro 5 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020 Vanessa Fernandes 3 2006, 2007, 2008 Inês Henriques 2 2017, 2018
By sport The below table lists the total number of Sportsperson of the Year awards won by the winners' sporting profession. Sport Athletes Judo 8 Telma Monteiro (2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020), Jorge Fonseca (2019, 2021), Patrícia Sampaio (2019) Athletics Francis Obikwelu (2006), Nelson Évora (2007, 2008, 2009), Jéssica Augusto (2012), Sara Moreira (2013), Patrícia Mamona (2021), Auriol Dongmo (2022) Motor racing 5 Hélder Rodrigues (2011), Miguel Oliveira (2015, 2017, 2018, 2020) Triathlon 4 Vanessa Fernandes (2006, 2007, 2008), João Pedro Silva (2010) Road bicycle racing Rui Costa (2012, 2013, 2014) Race walking Inês Henriques (2017, 2018) Swimming Diana Gomes (2005), Diogo Ribeiro (2023) Canoeing Fernando Pimenta (2016, 2022) Parachuting 1 José Veras (2005) Tennis Michelle Larcher de Brito (2009) Gymnastics Ana Filipa Martins (2015)
Other main categories YearCoach of the YearYoung PromiseTeam of the YearRef.Winner SportWinner SportWinner Sport2005 José Peseiro Association football Not awarded Not awarded 2006 Sérgio Santos Triathlon João Pedro Silva Triathlon Not awarded 2007 Tomaz Morais Rugby union João Moutinho Association football Portugal national rugby union team Rugby union 2008 João Ganço Athletics Miguel Arraiolos Triathlon Portugal national rugby sevens team Rugby union 2009 João Ganço Athletics Joana Vasconcelos Canoe sprint Portugal national under-23 triathlon team Triathlon 2010 Tomaz Morais College sportsRugby union Joana Vasconcelos Canoe sprint Portugal national under-23 canoe sprint team Canoe sprint 2011 Ilídio Vale Association football Francisca Laia Canoe sprint Portugal national under-20 football team Association football 2012 Ryszard Hoppe Canoe sprint Emanuel Gonçalves Paralympic sports 1000 meter K2 team Canoe sprint 2013 José Poeira Road bicycle racing Diana Torres Paralympic sports 500 meter K2 team Canoe sprint 2014 Pedro Rufino Table tennis Ivo Oliveira Road bicycle racing Portugal national table tennis team Table tennis 2015 Hélio Lucas and José Sousa Canoe sprint Rúben Neves Association football Portugal national beach soccer team Beach soccer 2016 Fernando Santos Association football Renato Sanches Association football Portugal national football team Association football 2017 Hélio Lucas Canoe sprint Bruno Fernandes Association football S.L. Benfica Triathlon 2018 Hélio Lucas Canoe sprint Mariana Machado Athletics Portugal national women's K2 team Canoe sprint 2019 Paulo Pereira Handball Mariana Machado Athletics Portugal national roller hockey team Roller hockey 2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Jorge Braz Futsal Zicky Té Futsal Portugal national futsal team Futsal 2022 Jorge Braz Futsal Diogo Ribeiro Swimming Portugal national trampoline team Trampolining 2023 Hélio Lucas Canoe sprint João Neves Association football Portugal women's national football team Association football
CDP High Prestige Year Recipient2003 Artur Agostinho2004 Carlos Queiroz2005 José Mourinho2006 Rui Costa2007 Olympic Committee of Portugal2008 Luís Santos Vítor Baía 1947 Portugal national roller hockey team2009 Mário Moniz Pereira Kiyoshi Kobayashi Faculdade de Motricidade de Humana2010 Carlos Lopes Rosa Mota2011 Sporting Clube de Portugal Sport Lisboa e Benfica2012 Fernando Correia Mário Zambujal CNID - Associação dos Jornalistas de Desporto Rádio e Televisão de Portugal2013 Luís Santos (2) Jorge Viegas Paulo Gama2014 Carlos Lopes (2) Museu do Desporto2015 Jorge Gabriel Inês Gonçalves
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