After a two-year hiatus as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the gala occasion with round 700 individuals might as soon as once more happen at Casino 2000 in Mondorf-les-Bains, in the presence of Minister of Sport Georges Engel.
Ni Xia Lian and Sarah de Nutte (desk tennis), who had been nominated as a staff, received the award for feminine athlete of the year. Bob Jungels (biking) and Dylan Pereira (racing) each received the award for male athlete of the year. This is the first time in the occasion’s historical past that two male athletes share the award. The “Team of the Year” award was given to the males’s nationwide soccer staff. Luc Holtz, the coach of the Red Lions, as soon as once more received the award for coach of the year. The winners had been determined primarily based on the votes of sports activities journalists.
Grand Duke Henri was not current at the ceremony on Thursday night. He will meet the winners in January.
Female Athlete of the Year
With a whopping 537 factors, Ni Xia Lian and Sarah De Nutte simply took house the title of “Female Athlete of the Year”. The desk tennis double had an distinctive year and received bronze medals at each the World Championship in Austin and the European Championship in Munich. Jenny Warling got here in second with 228 factors.
Last year’s winner, Christine Majerus, got here in third with 150 factors.
Male Athlete of the Year
The title of “Male Athlete of the Year” has been awarded since 1954, however by no means earlier than have two athletes shared the award. 2022 marks the first time that two athletes received the award as a result of they obtained the very same quantity of votes. Both Bob Jungels and Dylan Pereira obtained 370 factors and share this year’s award. Jungels received, amongst different issues, a stage in the Tour de France and got here in 11th total. Pereira notably turned the champion in the 2022 Porsche Supercup.
Second and third place go to trace and discipline athlete Charel Grethen (154 factors) and the goalkeeper of the males’s nationwide soccer staff Anthony Moris (112 factors) respectively.
We had Champion racecar driver Dylan Pereira speak about his journey and his current Porsche Super Cup success on our Letz Talk Sport on RTL Play, in addition to on Stephen Lowe’s The Lunchbox, the place he mentioned what it takes to turn out to be a champion.
Team of the Year
The males’s nationwide soccer staff received the award for “Team of the Year”. With 462 factors, they got here out on prime in opposition to the ladies’s nationwide desk tennis staff (403 factors). The Red Lions misplaced just one in six matches in League C of the Nations League, securing a exceptional second place behind Turkey. The ladies’s nationwide desk tennis staff made it to the spherical of sixteen at the staff world championship, notably defeating the South Korean staff, which presently ranks 4th in the world.
Third place goes to the ladies’s nationwide soccer staff (209 factors), who received three video games throughout the qualifiers for the World Cup.
Coach of the Year
Luc Holtz (Football) as soon as once more took house the award for Coach of the Year with 402 factors. Tommy Danielsson, the coach of the ladies’s nationwide desk tennis staff, got here in second with 345 factors. Third place went to Dan Santos (169 factors), the coach of the ladies’s nationwide soccer staff.
Other award winners
Award for the greatest younger athlete and the greatest youth staff
Vivien Henz (monitor and discipline)
Gwyneth ten Raa (alpine snowboarding)
U-17 males’s nationwide soccer staff
Fair Play Award
Pol Bissener for stopping to assist a competitor who had taken a foul fall throughout the X-Duathlon
Award “Sports and Disability”
“Service des Sports” (Municipality of Esch-sur-Alzette)
Honorary Award sportspress.lu
Colette Flesch and Ginette Rossini (former fencers)
List of all the nominees
Male Athlete of the Year (13)
Bertemes Bob – monitor and discipline
Bettendorf Victor – present leaping
Geniets Kevin – biking
Grethen Charles – monitor and discipline
Henckels Jeff – archery
Jungels Bob – biking
Moris Anthony – soccer
Pereira Dylan – racing
Osch Mathieu – alpine snowboarding
Peters Kevin – autocross
Rychlicki Kamil – volleyball
Sinani Danel – soccer
Wagner Nicolas – dressage
Female Athlete of the Year (9)
Daniëls Eva – triathlon
De Nutte Sarah / Ni Xia Lian – desk tennis
Lehair Jeanne – triathlon
Majerus Christine – biking
Rausch Victoria – monitor and discipline
Schreiber Marie – cyclocross
Simon Anne – basketball
Van der Weken Patrizia – monitor and discipline
Warling Jenny – karate
Team of the Year (4)
Football – Men’s National Team
Football – Women’s National Team
Handball – HB Esch (males)
Table tennis – Women’s National Team
Coach of the Year (6)
Danielsson Tommy – desk tennis
Lorang Dan – biking / triathlon
Holtz Luc – soccer
Santos Dan – soccer
Schmit Camille – monitor and discipline
Starck Arnaud – monitor and discipline
RTL Today – Sports Awards Night 2022: These are Luxembourg’s athletes of the year
RTL Today – Sports Awards Night 2022: These are Luxembourg’s athletes of the year
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RTL Today – Sports Awards Night 2022: These are Luxembourg’s athletes of the year