The Sportsperson of the Year awards are a group of awards awarded to the most popular

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ish sportsperson of the preceding year. There are two main categories: one for men (french: Trophée du Meilleur Sportif), and one for women (''Trophée de la Meilleure Sportive''). Other awards are given for the best team (''Challenge de la Meilleure Equipe''), best young sportsperson (''Prix du Jeune Espoir''), most honorable sportsperson (''Prix d'Honneur''), and for fair play (''Prix du Fair play''). The current holders of the main awards are

Bob Bertemes Bob Bertemes (born 24 May 1993) is a Luxembourgish athlete specialising in the shot put. He finished fifth at the 2015 European Indoor Championships. His personal bests in the event are 22.22 metres outdoors (Luxembourg City 2019) and 21.03 met ...

and

Christine Majerus Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road r ...

, while the team award is held by

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List of winners

1954–1965

From 1954 until 1965, there was a single title of "Sportsperson of the Year", awarded to either a male or female sportsperson.

1966 onwards

It was decided to divide the contest into two from 1966, with separate categories for men and for women, as it has remained since.

Luxembourgish Team of the Year

This 3rd annual award was first give out in 1962.

Individual statistics

Winners of more than three titles

Titles by sport

Not including team of the year award. Note:

Nancy Kemp-Arendt Nancy Kemp-Arendt (born 22 May 1969, in Esch-sur-Alzette), née Nancy Arendt, is a politician and former athlete from Luxembourg. She competed in triathlon and swimming (sport), swimming. She now sits in the national legislature, the Chamber of Dep ...

's first two titles are categorised under swimming, and most recent three under triathlon.

References

External links

Website
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* Awards established in 1954 1954 establishments in Luxembourg