Sports Name of the Year
(Årets Sportsnavn)
CountryDenmark
Presented byNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Team Danmark (2019–)
Jyllands-Posten (1991–2018)
First awarded1991
Most awardsDenmark women's national handball team (3)

The Sports Name of the Year (Danish: Årets Sportsnavn) is an annual award presented to the Danish sportsperson or team judged to have delivered the best performance of the year. The award was inaugurated in 1991 and is awarded jointly by the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (Danmarks Idrætsforbund, DIF) and Team Danmark; prior to 2019, DIF presented the award with the newspaper Jyllands-Posten.[1] In addition to the award the winner is granted a monetary prize, which as of 2019 stands at 75,000 Danish kroner.[1]

The Danish women's national handball team have won the award three times, the most of any team or individual. Seven individuals (Mette Jacobsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Tom Kristensen, Caroline Wozniacki, Lasse Norman Hansen and Viktor Axelsen) have won the award twice. The most recent winner is Jonas Vingegaard who was awarded the prize for 2022 in January 2023.[2] He won the 2022 Tour de France.

List of laureates

By year

Olympic rower Eskild Ebbesen won in 1998 and 2004
Racing driver Tom Kristensen won in 2002 and 2005
Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki won in 2010 and 2018
Cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen won in 2012 and 2020
Badminton player Viktor Axelsen won in 2017 and 2021
Year Winner(s) Sport Finalists Ref.
1991 Mette Jacobsen Swimming
1992 Jesper Bank, Jesper Seier and Steen Secher Sailing Denmark national football team
Arne Nielsson and Christian Frederiksen (canoeing)
Vibeke Toft and Allan Tornsberg (dancing)
Connie Hansen (wheelchair racing) 		[3]
1993 Denmark women's national handball team Handball
1994 Denmark women's national handball team (2) Handball
1995 Mette Jacobsen (2) Swimming
1996 Bjarne Riis Cycling
1997 Wilson Kipketer Athletics
1998 Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Victor Feddersen and Thomas Poulsen Rowing
1999 Camilla Martin Badminton Denmark national football team
Mette Jacobsen (swimming)
Wilson Kipketer (athletics) 		[4]
2000 Denmark women's national handball team (3) Handball [5]
2001 Thomas Bjørn Golf Denmark national football team
Tom Kristensen (auto racing) 		[6]
2002 Tom Kristensen Auto racing Denmark men's national handball team
Denmark women's national handball team
Wilson Kipketer (athletics)
Thor Kristensen and Thomas Ebert (rowing) 		[7]
2003 Nicki Pedersen Speedway [8]
2004 Eskild Ebbesen (2), Thomas Ebert (2), Thor Kristensen and Stephan Mølvig Rowing Denmark women's national handball team
Tom Kristensen (auto racing) 		[9]
2005 Tom Kristensen (2) Auto racing Michael Maze (table tennis)
Joachim Olsen (shotput) 		[10]
2006 Mikkel Kessler Boxing Michael Rasmussen (cycling)
Kristina Stokkebroe and Peter Stokkebroe (dancing) 		[11]
2007 Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen Rowing Denmark men's national handball team
Nicki Pedersen (speedway) 		[12]
2008 Denmark men's national handball team Handball Denmark men's lightweight coxless four (rowing)
Martin Kirketerp and Jonas Warrer (sailing) 		[13]
2009 Lotte Friis Swimming Michael Maze (table tennis)
Caroline Wozniacki (tennis) 		[14]
2010 Caroline Wozniacki Tennis Matti Breschel (cycling)
Lotte Friis (swimming) 		[15]
2011 Jeanette Ottesen Swimming Denmark men's national handball team
Caroline Wozniacki (tennis) 		[16]
2012 Lasse Norman Hansen Cycling Denmark men's national handball team
Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen (rowing) 		[17]
2013 Maja Jager Archery Jesper Hansen (skeet shooting)
Tom Kristensen (auto racing) 		[18]
2014 Camilla Pedersen Triathlon Denmark men's lightweight coxless four (rowing)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (swimming) 		[19]
2015 René Holten Poulsen Canoe sprint Maja Alm (orienteering)
Jeanette Ottesen (swimming)
Anne-Marie Rindom (sailing) 		[20]
2016 Pernille Blume Swimming Denmark men's national handball team
Sara Slott Petersen (athletics) 		[21]
2017 Viktor Axelsen Badminton Jena Mai Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen (sailing)
Caroline Wozniacki (tennis) 		[22]
2018 Caroline Wozniacki (2) Tennis Pernille Harder (association football)
Michael Valgren (cycling) 		[23]
2019 Mads Pedersen Cycling Denmark men's national handball team
Anne-Marie Rindom (sailing) 		[24]
2020 Danish National Track Cycling Team
Lasse Norman Hansen (2), Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg and Rasmus Pedersen 		Track cycling Viktor Axelsen (badminton)
Pernille Harder (association football) 		[25]
2021 Viktor Axelsen (2) Badminton Anne-Marie Rindom (sailing)
Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv (cycling) 		[26]
2022 Jonas Vingegaard Cycling Viktor Axelsen (badminton)
Danish national dressage team (equestrian) 		[2]

By number of wins

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

No. Winner Sport Years won
3 Denmark women's national handball team Handball 1993, 1994, 2000
2 Mette Jacobsen Swimming 1991, 1995
Eskild Ebbesen Rowing 1998, 2004
Thomas Ebert
Tom Kristensen Auto racing 2002, 2005
Caroline Wozniacki Tennis 2010, 2018
Lasse Norman Hansen Cycling 2012, 2020
Viktor Axelsen Badminton 2017, 2021

By sport

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

No. Sport Years won
5 Swimming 1991, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2016
Cycling 1996, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2022
4 Handball 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008
3 Rowing 1998, 2004, 2007
Badminton 1999, 2017, 2021
2 Auto racing 2002, 2005
Tennis 2010, 2018
1 Sailing 1992
Athletics 1997
Golf 2001
Speedway 2003
Boxing 2006
Archery 2013
Triathlon 2014
Canoe sprint 2015

References

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