Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year

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Since 1956, Lithuania honors their greatest athlete of the year. Until 2014 The award's trophy, a bronze archer, has been given to the winners. Since 2014 the award ceremony was changed with new categories added. [1]

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Recipients

1956 - 2014

YearWinnerSportGenderTeam of the Year
Overall
1956 Algirdas Šocikas Boxing M
1957 Jonas Pipynė Track and field M
1958 Birutė Kalėdienė Track and fieldW
1959 Adolfas Varanauskas Track and fieldM
1960 Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna RowingM
1961Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas JuknaRowingM
1962 Antanas Vaupšas Track and fieldM
1963Adolfas VaranauskasTrack and fieldM
1964 Ričardas Tamulis BoxingM
1965 [2] Modestas Paulauskas Basketball M
1966Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1967Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1968 Danas Pozniakas BoxingM
1969Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1970Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1971Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1972Modestas PaulauskasBasketballM
1973 Vladas Česiūnas Canoeing M
1974Vladas ČesiūnasCanoeingM
1975 Česlovas Jazerskis Wrestling M
1976 Angelė Rupšienė BasketballW
1977 Vilhelmina Bardauskienė Track and fieldW
1978Vilhelmina BardauskienėTrack and fieldW
1979 Lina Kačiušytė Swimming W
1980Lina KačiušytėSwimmingW
1981 Robertas Žulpa SwimmingM
1982 Vladas Turla Shooting M
1983 Ana Ambrazienė Track and fieldW
1984 Arvydas Sabonis BasketballM
1985Arvydas SabonisBasketballM
1986Arvydas SabonisBasketballM
1987 Šarūnas Marčiulionis BasketballM
1988 Gintautas Umaras Track cycling M
1989Šarūnas MarčiulionisBasketballM
1990Šarūnas MarčiulionisBasketballM
1991Šarūnas MarčiulionisBasketballM
1992 Romas Ubartas Track and fieldM
1993 Vitalijus Karpačiauskas BoxingM
1994 [3] Raimundas Mažuolis SwimmingM
1995 [3] Remigijus Lupeikis Track cyclingM
1996 [3] Arvydas Sabonis BasketballM
1997 [3] Raimondas Šiugždinis Sailing M
1998 [3] Diana Žiliūtė Road cyclingW
1999 [3] Edita Pučinskaitė Road cyclingW
2000 [3] Virgilijus Alekna Track and fieldM
2001 [3] Rasa Polikevičiūtė Road cyclingW
2002 [3] Raimondas Rumšas Road cyclingM
2003 [3] Šarūnas Jasikevičius BasketballM
2004 [3] Virgilijus AleknaTrack and fieldM
2005 [3] Virgilijus AleknaTrack and fieldM
2006 [3] Virgilijus AleknaTrack and fieldM
2007 [3] Ramūnas Šiškauskas BasketballM
2008 [3] Edvinas Krungolcas Modern pentathlon M
2009 [3] Simona Krupeckaitė Track cycling W
2010 [3] Simona KrupeckaitėTrack cyclingW
2011 [3] Laura Asadauskaitė Modern pentathlonW
2012 [3] Rūta Meilutytė SwimmingW
2013 [3] Rūta MeilutytėSwimmingWNational Men's Basketball Team

2014 - 2019

YearSportsman of the YearSportswoman of the YearMen's Team of the YearWomen's Team of the Year
2014 [3] Jevgenij Šuklin (canoe sprint) Rūta Meilutytė (swimming)National M2x (Ritter/Maščinskas)National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė)
2015 [3] Ramūnas Navardauskas (cycling) Laura Asadauskaitė (modern pentathlon) National Men's Basketball Team National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė)
2016 [3] Aurimas Didžbalis (weightlifting) Simona Krupeckaitė (cycling)National M2x (Ritter/Griškonis)National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė)
2017 [3] Andrius Gudžius (track and field) Airinė Palšytė (athletics)National M4x (Adomavičius/Maščinskas/Džiaugys/Nemeravičius)National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Adomavičiūtė)
2018 [3] Andrius Gudžius (track and field) Rūta Meilutytė (swimming)National M4x (Adomavičius/Maščinskas/Nemeravičius/Ritter)National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Adomavičiūtė)
2019 [3] Danas Rapšys (swimming) Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė (modern pentathlon) National Men's Basketball 3x3 Team (Beliavičius/Užupis/Vingelis/Pukelis)National W2x Track Cycling Sprint Team (Krupeckaitė/Marozaitė)
2020
Was not selected due to COVID-19

2021 onwards

YearSportsman of the Year
(Olympic sports)		Sportswoman of the Year
(Olympic sports)		Team of the Year
(Olympic sports)		Sportsman of the Year
(Paralympic sports)		Sportswoman of the Year
(Paralympic sports)		Team of the Year
(Paralympic sports)
2021 [4] Mindaugas Griškonis (rowing) Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė (modern pentathlon)National W2x (Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė) Edgaras Matakas (swimming) Oksana Dobrovolskaja (track and field) National Men's Goalball Team
2022 Mykolas Alekna (track and field) Rūta Meilutytė (swimming)National M2x (Maldonis/Olijnikas) Edgaras Matakas (swimming) Raimeda Bučinskytė (shooting) National Wheelchair Basketball Team
2023 Mykolas Alekna (track and field) Dominika Banevič (breaking)National W2x (Karalienė/Rimkutė) Rapolas Micevičius (snowboarding) Raimeda Bučinskytė (shooting) National Men's Goalball Team
2024 Mykolas Alekna (track and field) Dominika Banevič (breaking) Men's national 3x3 team Osvaldas Bareikis (para judo) Oksana Dobrovolskaja (athletics) Aušra Garunkšnytė & Linas Mikalainis (marathon)

References

  1. ↑ Znajomość z Litwą - księga tysiąclecia. Kaunas: "Kraštotvarka". 1999. ISBN   9986892341.
  2. ↑ Tigani, Alex (14 July 2014). "On this day in sport: 14 July". the Lithuania Tribune. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "LTeam apdovanojimai - prestižiniai Lietuvos sporto apdovanojimai". LTOK. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Lithuanian sports awards: the best athletes of the country were honored". News Tvs 24 Sport english. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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