Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Sports Prize Explained

Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Sports Prize
Year:2011
Awarded For:Outstanding achievement and impact in the field of sports

The Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Sports Prize () are sports athlete of the year awards. They are named in honor of Giuseppe Sciacca, an Italian architecture student that died in a parachuting accident in 1986.[1] The Sports Prize awards are a part of the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards, which also include awards for several other fields of endeavor. The awards are given to athletes that have been deemed to have made an enormous positive contribution in the field of sports. The award winners are chosen by the votes of a panel of international journalists, that come from dozens of different countries from around the world.

Athletes from all of the different sports worldwide, and from all of the different categories (men's, women's, paraplegic, etc.), that compete at all levels of competition (amateur, semi pro, pro) are eligible for the awards. There are two different types of Sports Prize awards. One is a national award that focuses on athletes from Italy, while the other is an international award, that is for athletes from all around the world. The first International Awards Sports Prize was given in the year 2011. It was won by Martino Borghese, a Swiss-Italian football player.

Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Sports Prize

YearAthleteSportAwardRef.
- Martino Borghese
Pavlos Kontides
Anisiya Neborako
Federico Morlacchi
No awards given
Francesco Messori
Ekaterina Rumyantseva
No awards given
Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Antonio Fantin
Maila Ricca

References

  1. Web site: Premio Internazionale Giuseppe Sciacca BIOGRAFIA E FINALITA’DEL PREMIO . October 15, 2011. premiovexillumsciacca.it. premiovexillumsciacca.it . August 11, 2023.

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