The Sports Name of the Year ( da, Årets Sportsnavn) is an annual

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presented to the Danish

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or team judged to have delivered the best performance of the year. The award was inaugurated in 1991 and is awarded jointly by the

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(''Danmarks Idrætsforbund'', ''DIF'') and

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; prior to 2019, DIF presented the award with the newspaper ''

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''. In addition to the award the winner is granted a monetary prize, which as of 2019 stands at 75,000 Danish kroner. The Danish women's national handball team have won the award three times, the most of any team or individual. Seven individuals (

Mette Jacobsen Mette Jacobsen (born 24 March 1973 in Nakskov) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, beginning in 1988. She won a total of 32 individual medals in int ...

Eskild Ebbesen Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen (born 27 May 1972, in Silkeborg, Midtjylland) is a Danish lightweight rower, who as part of the Gold Four has won a total number of five Olympic medals (three gold) and six World Championship gold medals. Ebbesen was ...

Thomas Ebert Thomas Ebert (born 23 July 1973 in Roskilde, Sjælland) is a Danish lightweight rower who won gold at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours with the Gold Four. He lives near Roskilde Roskilde ( , ...

Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive (from 2000 to 2005). In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing te ...

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...

Lasse Norman Hansen Lasse Norman Hansen (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ...

and

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is the 2017 and 2022 World champion and the 2020 Olympic champion. He won the 2010 World Junior Championships, beating South Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the ...

) have won the award twice. The most recent winner is

Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen (; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2022 edition of the Tour de France. Vingegaard started as a youth rider for various Danish teams, making his breakthrough as a sen ...

who was awarded the prize for 2022 in January 2023. He won the

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List of laureates

By year

*Numbers in parenthesis indicate a multiple award winner. *The "finalists" column refers to the other nominees shortlisted for the award EskildEbbesenBronze2012

By number of wins

The table below lists the individuals and teams who have won Sports Name of the Year more than once.

By sport

The table below lists the total number of Sports Name of the Year awards won by the winners' sporting profession.

References

External links

Official website of National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Danish Sports Name of the Year National sportsperson-of-the-year trophies and awards Danish awards Sport in Denmark Awards established in 1991 1991 establishments in Denmark