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Yes, how young Simone Niggli-Luder And Roger Federer 2003 still were. Twenty years ago, both were voted Swiss Athletes of the Year for the first time. Federer was enthusiastic at the time: “Despite all the planning stress, I love these performances. They are a nice reward for my good performance.” And world orienteering champion Niggli-Luder said: “You hope you win, and yet you are nervous because you have to say something.”
1. Roger Federer (42): 11 prizes
7 times athlete of the year, 2 times team of the year, 1 time best athlete aged 70 and 1 time honorary prize: our tennis maestro was honored 11 times at the Sports Awards. Also number 1 on this list.
1. Heinz Frei (65): 11 prizes
Frei was named Disabled Athlete of the Year in 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2008 and 2009. In 2020, he was also named the Paralympic athlete of the past 70 years.
3. Marcel Hug (37): 9 prizes
The wheelchair star has now received 9 awards. And Hug’s figure could be in double figures from tonight as he is also one of three nominees for 2023 Paralympic athletes.
4. Edith Wolf-Hunkeler (51): 7 prizes
Between 2001 and 2012, the woman from Lucerne was voted Paralympic athlete of the year seven times. This makes Wolf-Hunkeler the Swiss woman with the most awards of all time.
5. Vreni Schneider (59): 6 prizes
Our ski legend was named athlete of the year 5 times and the best of the past 70 years once. Former cyclist Tony Rominger (62, 4 prizes) barely made it to the top 5.
Became an artistic gymnast in 1995 and 1996 Donghua Li elected Swiss athlete. And rightly so, because the Chinese-born became world and European champion in 1995 and even Olympic champion on the pommel horse in Atlanta (USA) in 1996. Today Donghua Li celebrates his 56th birthday.
The Swiss Athlete of the Year was first named 73 years ago. Back then, the track and field athlete (and football player) won. Armin Scheurer (1917–1990). In 1954, a woman won for the first time, the ski racer Ida Creator-Bieri (1929–2014). From 1971 onwards there was both a Swiss athlete and a female athlete of the year.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
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