Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year explained

The Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year is an annual award presented by the Association of Slovenian Sports Journalists for the best sportsman and sportswoman of the previous year. The first awards ceremony was held in 1968.

Winners

Sport	Sportswoman	Year	Sportsman	Sport
Athletics	Marijana Lubej	1968	Miroslav Cerar	Artistic gymnastics
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič	1969	Ivo Daneu	Basketball
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič (2)	1970	Miroslav Cerar (2)	Artistic gymnastics
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič (3)	1971	Brane Oblak	Football
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič (4)	1972	Danilo Pudgar	Ski jumping
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič (5)	1973	Vinko Jelovac	Basketball
Athletics	Nataša Urbančič (6)	1974	Vinko Jelovac (2)	Basketball
Tennis	Mima Jaušovec	1975	Bojan Križaj	Alpine skiing
Tennis	Mima Jaušovec (2)	1976	Borut Petrič	Swimming
Tennis	Mima Jaušovec (3)	1977	Borut Petrič (2)	Swimming
Nine-pin bowling	Ljuba Tkalčič	1978	Borut Petrič (3)	Swimming
Athletics	Breda Lorenci	1979	Bojan Križaj (2)	Alpine skiing
Tennis	Mima Jaušovec (4)	1980	Bojan Križaj (3)	Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing	Bojana Dornig	1981	Borut Petrič (4)	Swimming
Alpine skiing	Andreja Leskovšek	1982	Bojan Križaj (4)	Alpine skiing
Athletics	Lidija Lapajne	1983	Borut Petrič (5)	Swimming
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet	1984	Jure Franko	Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (2)	1985	Rok Petrovič	Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (3)	1986	Rok Petrovič (2)	Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (4)	1987	Bojan Križaj (5)	Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (5)	1988	Matjaž Debelak	Ski jumping
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (6)	1989	Andrej Jelenc	Whitewater slalom
Alpine skiing	Mateja Svet (7)	1990	Tomo Česen	Alpinism
Alpine skiing	Nataša Bokal	1991	Franci Petek	Ski jumping
Nine-pin bowling	Marika Kardinar	1992	Rajmond Debevec	Shooting sports
Athletics	Brigita Bukovec	1993	Igor Majcen	Swimming
Athletics	Britta Bilač	1994	Jure Košir	Alpine skiing
Athletics	Brigita Bukovec (2)	1995	Iztok Čop	Rowing
Athletics	Brigita Bukovec (3)	1996	Andraž Vehovar	Whitewater slalom
Athletics	Brigita Bukovec (4)	1997	Primož Peterka	Ski jumping
Athletics	Brigita Bukovec (5)	1998	Primož Peterka (2)	Ski jumping
Swimming	Metka Šparovec	1999	Gregor Cankar	Athletics
Alpine skiing	Špela Pretnar	2000	Rajmond Debevec (2)	Shooting sports
Athletics	Alenka Bikar	2001	Andrej Hauptman	Road bicycle racing
Athletics	Jolanda Čeplak	2002	Aljaž Pegan	Artistic gymnastics
Athletics	Jolanda Čeplak (2)	2003	Dejan Košir	Snowboarding
Athletics	Jolanda Čeplak (3)	2004	Vasilij Žbogar	Sailing
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze	2005	Mitja Petkovšek	Artistic gymnastics
Cross-country skiing	Petra Majdič	2006	Matic Osovnikar	Athletics
Cross-country skiing	Petra Majdič (2)	2007	Primož Kozmus	Athletics
Swimming	Sara Isakovič	2008	Primož Kozmus (2)	Athletics
Cross-country skiing	Petra Majdič (3)	2009	Primož Kozmus (3)	Athletics
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze (2)	2010	Dejan Zavec	Boxing
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze (3)	2011	Peter Kauzer	Whitewater slalom
Judo	Urška Žolnir	2012^[1]	Anže Kopitar	Ice hockey
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze (4)	2013^[2]	Peter Prevc	Ski jumping
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze (5)	2014^[3]	Peter Prevc (2)	Ski jumping
Alpine skiing	Tina Maze (6)	2015^[4]	Peter Prevc (3)	Ski jumping
Judo	Tina Trstenjak	2016^[5]	Peter Prevc (4)	Ski jumping
Alpine skiing	Ilka Štuhec	2017^[6]	Goran Dragić	Basketball
Sport climbing	Janja Garnbret	2018^[7]	Luka Dončić	Basketball
Sport climbing	Janja Garnbret (2)	2019^[8]	Primož Roglič	Road bicycle racing
Cross-country skiing	Anamarija Lampič	2020^[9]	Primož Roglič (2)	Road bicycle racing
Sport climbing	Janja Garnbret (3)	2021^[10]	Tadej Pogačar	Road bicycle racing
Ski jumping	Urša Bogataj	2022^[11]	Kristjan Čeh	Discus throw
Sport climbing	Janja Garnbret (4)	2023^[12]	Tadej Pogačar (2)	Road bicycle racing

Multiple winners

Sportswoman	Wins
Mateja Svet	7 (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Nataša Urbančič	6 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)
Tina Maze	6 (2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Brigita Bukovec	5 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Mima Jaušovec	4 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1980)
Janja Garnbret	4 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Jolanda Čeplak	3 (2002, 2003, 2004)
Petra Majdič	3 (2006, 2007, 2009)

Sportsman	Wins
Bojan Križaj	5 (1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987)
Borut Petrič	5 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983)
Peter Prevc	4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Primož Kozmus	3 (2007, 2008, 2009)
Miroslav Cerar	2 (1968, 1970)
Vinko Jelovac	2 (1973, 1974)
Rok Petrovič	2 (1985, 1986)
Rajmond Debevec	2 (1992, 2000)
Primož Peterka	2 (1997, 1998)
Primož Roglič	2 (2019, 2020)
Tadej Pogačar	2 (2021, 2023)

See also

• Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame

References

General

• News: Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year winners 1968–2016 . . 13 December 2016 . sl.

Specific

External links

• Association of Slovenian Sports Journalists official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kopitar in Žolnirjeva najboljša športnika Slovenije. 20 December 2012. Kopitar and Zolnir are the best Slovenian Sportspersons. 20 December 2012. RTV Slovenija. Slovenian. T. O..
2. News: Športniki leta Mazejeva, Prevc in hokejska reprezentanca. Sportspersons of the Year are Maze, Prevc, and the national ice hockey team. A. V.. RTV Slovenija. 19 December 2013. 8 December 2015. Slovenian.
3. News: Športnik leta: zmagovalci Tina Maze, Peter Prevc in hokejska reprezentanca. Sportsperson of the Year: Winners are Tina Maze, Peter Prevc, and the national ice hockey team. Delo. 13 May 2015. Slovenian. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217203804/https://www.delo.si/sport/drugi-sporti/sportnik-leta-hokejistom-nagrada-v-konkurenci-ekip.html. 17 December 2019. 9 December 2014.
4. News: Športniki leta Tina Maze, Peter Prevc in slovenski odbojkarji. Sportspersons of the Year are Tina Maze, Peter Prevc, and the Slovenian volleyball team. A. V.. RTV Slovenija. 8 December 2015. 8 December 2015. Slovenian.
5. News: Športniki leta Peter Prevc, Tina Trstenjak in slovenski hokejisti. Sportspersons of the Year are Peter Prevc, Tina Trstenjak, and the Slovenian ice hockey team. RTV Slovenija. 13 December 2016. 13 December 2016. M. L.. A. V.. Slovenian.
6. News: Športniki leta Goran Dragić, Ilka Štuhec in košarkarji. Sportspersons of the Year are Goran Dragic, Ilka Stuhec, and the national basketball team. RTV Slovenija. 12 December 2017. 12 December 2017. R. K.. A. V.. Slovenian.
7. News: Najboljša športnika Slovenije v letu 2018 – 19-letna Luka Dončić in Janja Garnbret. Slovenian Sportspersons of the Year in 2018 – 19-year-old Luka Doncic and Janja Garnbret. RTV Slovenija. 19 December 2018. 19 December 2018. R. K.. D. S.. Slovenian.
8. Web site: T. O. . D. S.. Primož Roglič, Janja Garnbret in odbojkarji športniki leta 2019. . 17 December 2019 . Slovenian . 17 December 2019. Primoz Roglic, Janja Garnbret, and the national volleyball team are the 2019 Sportspersons of the Year.
9. Web site: M. R. . Športniki leta 2020 Roglič, Lampičeva in rokometaši . . 16 December 2020 . sl . 16 December 2020. 2020 Sportspersons of the Year are Roglic, Lampic, and the national handball team.
10. Web site: T. O. . Rumeni Tadej Pogačar prvič, zlata Janja Garnbret tretjič . . 14 December 2021 . sl . 14 December 2021. Yellow Tadej Pogacar for the first time, golden Janja Garnbret for the third time.
11. Web site: To. G. . Kristjan Čeh, Urša Bogataj in mešana skakalna ekipa športniki leta 2022 . . 13 December 2022 . sl . 13 December 2022. Kristjan Ceh, Ursa Bogataj and the mixed national ski jumping team are the Sportspersons of the Year for 2022.
12. Web site: Tadej Pogačar drugič, Janja Garnbret četrtič . . 19 December 2023 . sl . 19 December 2023. Second title for Tadej Pogacar, fourth for Janja Garnbret.