Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year

Norway's Sportsman of the Year (Norwegian sports Journalistenes statuett or Årets Idrettsnavn ) is an award that is annually since 1948 by Norske Sportsjournalisters Forbund (NSF ), the Norwegian sports journalists association (founded in 1921), awarded. What is determined is Norway's best athletes of the past calendar year, with men, women, teams and coaches compete against each other. As jurors the NSF members who vote directly about their favorite act. The result will be announced usually in late December / early January. The award ceremony will take place in the following spring.

At the last election for the sporting year 2013, the chess player Magnus Carlsen won ( 147 points ) before the golfer Suzann Pettersen (98) and the biathlete Tora Berger (24). In the 66th choice of the sports journalists' association at the best sportsman of the year saw the first victory of a chess athlete and this with a very large distance.

Award winners

The long-distance runner Grete Waitz was most frequently honored (birth name: Andersen ) that could triumph four times (1975, 1977, 1979, 1983). In two wins, the hammer thrower Sverre Strandli (1950, 1953), the skier Stein Eriksen (1951, 1954), the racing cyclist Knut Knudsen ( 1972, 1973 ), the long-distance runner Ingrid Kristiansen (1986, 1987), the speed skater Johann Olav Koss come (1991, 1994), the cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie (1995, 1998) and the javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen (2004, 2008).

In 34 of 65 cases winter athletes were honored. 17 times were women, once a team (1993 ) and once a coach (1997) successfully. Most represented sport among the winners is the athletics ( 17 wins ), followed by cross-country skiing (11 ), speed skating and alpine skiing (eight wins).