Who will be South Tyrol's athlete of the year?

As expected, this also includes the two defending champions Dorothea Wierer and Andreas Seppi. Biathlon is most strongly represented, with two women (Wierer and Karin Oberhofer) and one man (Dominik Windisch), followed by alpine skiing with two racers (Peter Fill and Dominik Paris). The other winter sports, natural track tobogganing (Evelin Lanthaler) and snowboarding (Nadja Ochner), each made it into the top 6 with one woman each. The field of finalists is supplemented by the diver Tania Cagnotto, the disabled athlete Karin Oberhauser, the bowler Wolfgang Blaas and the volleyball player Simone Giannelli and the Klater tennis player Andreas Seppi. 80.500 votes from the daily newspaper Dolomiten and 33 South Tyrolean sports journalists decided who came out on top in the 29th edition of the South Tyrolean athletes' election. The winners will be announced at the Sports Ball in aid of Südtiroler Sporthilfe on Friday, April 22nd in the festive ambience of the Merano Kurhaus. Until then, you can keep guessing.

THE 12 FINALISTS

Tania Cagnotto Age: 30 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: May 15, 1985 (Taurus) Place of residence: Bolzano Sport: diving Sporting achievements: It's a dream year, the penultimate year of her career. After the golden European Championship hat-trick in June in Rostock (17 European Championship titles in total), the 30-year-old became world champion on the 1m board for the first time in her career a month later in Kazan and even beat the Chinese women who were used to success. At the end, Maicol Verzotto won bronze at the World Championships in mixed synchronized jumping. Evelin Lanthaler Age: 23 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: May 6, 1991 (Taurus) Place of residence: Platt in Passeier Sport: Natural track tobogganing Sporting achievements: The woman from Passiria replaced an era in tobogganing and ushered in a new one. Her World Championship title in 2015 inspired her and she is now the measure of all things on the natural track. Three World Cup victories in Laces, Vatra Dornei and Deutschnofen and the European Championship title form the framework for the courageous tobogganer to win the overall World Cup for the first time. Kathrin Oberhauser Age: 23 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: July 10, 1992 (Cancer) Place of residence: Brixen Sport: sports for the disabled Sporting achievements: Kathrin has been successfully taking part in Special Olympics competitions for years. Her great strength is versatility: at the 2015 World Ski Championships in Sweden she came 4th in the slalom, 7th in the giant slalom and 8th in the super-G. At the Italian Swimming Championships - her favorite discipline - Oberhauser won three titles and thus reserved a place at the Special Olympics European Championships 3. Karin Oberhofer Age: 30 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: November 3, 1985 (Scorpio) Place of residence: Feldthurns Sport: Biathlon Sporting achievements: Karin Oberhofer is reliability personified. With the Italian relay she celebrated a historic World Cup victory in Hochfilzen, followed by a third place in Ruhpolding, always with Oberhofer as the decisive piece in the mosaic of success. Karin saves her best individual results for the home race in Antholz, where she comes 6th in the pursuit and 7th in the sprint. Nadia Ochner Age: 23 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: March 14, 1993 (Pisces) Place of residence: Burgstall Sport: snowboarding Sporting achievements: It's a season with ups and downs that South Tyrol's best snowboarder is taking part in this year. In the last 3 World Cup races she clearly missed qualifying for the round of 8. But the start of the season is going better: After finishing 2th at the home race in Carezza, Ochner even climbed onto the podium in XNUMXnd place in Cortina d'Ampezzo before Christmas, beaten only by Patrizia Kummer. Dorothea Wierer Age: 25 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: April 3, 1990 (Aries) Place of residence: Niederrasen Sport: Biathlon Sporting achievements: “Doro” is having a dream season this winter and takes silver in the pursuit race at the World Championships in Oslo. Her first individual medal at a World Championships. There are also four World Cup victories (individuals in Östersund and Ruhpolding, mass start in Canmore, relay in Hochfilzen) and another nine podium finishes. Wierer also won the small crystal ball in the individual competition and came third in the overall World Cup ranking

Wolfgang Blaas Age: 45 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: June 1, 1970 (Gemini) Place of residence: Naturns Sport: bowling Sporting achievements: After being out of action for a year due to cancer, Wolfi Blaas returned to the bowling circus in August 2015 - stronger than ever. With Neumarkt he won the district and Italian cups, is on the verge of the 8th title in a row in the championship and contributed significantly to this with great wood numbers (10 in 600 games). The reward: being called up for the individual World Championships in May. Peter Fill Age: 32 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: November 12, 1982 (Scorpio) Place of residence: Castelrotto Sport: Alpine skiing Sporting achievements: On March 16, 2016, Peter Fill wrote skiing history. The Castelrotto native was the first “Azzurro” since the World Cup was introduced in 1967 to win the small crystal ball in the “supreme discipline” of downhill skiing. Two months earlier he won the downhill race in Kitzbühel and was already one of the greats in alpine ski racing. It's a fantastic season overall, as he has 15 top 10 results. In addition to Kitz, Fill provided the highlights as 2nd (downhill) and 3rd (super-G) in Lake Louise. Simone Giannelli Age: 19 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: August 9, 1996 (Leo) Place of residence: Bolzano Sport: Volleyball Sporting achievements: In May 2015, Giannelli led Trent to the championship title as a regular player and was voted the best player. A little later he made his debut in the Italian selection and competed in the Word League. In September he qualified for the Olympic Games with second place at the World Cup. He then wins European Championship bronze with Italy and is the best player at the European Championships. dominik paris Age: 26 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: April 13, 1989 (Aries) Place of residence: St.Walburg/Lana Sport: Alpine skiing Sporting achievements: The Ultner steamroller is irresistible again: After a somewhat slow start to the season, they still managed two World Cup victories and five podium places. Dominik has been in top form since the beginning of February: 2nd in the Jeongseon downhill, 2nd in the Chamonix super combined after a sensational slalom performance and winner the next day in the Chamonix downhill. Domme then also wins the downhill in Kvitfjiell and comes third in the Super-G - an exceptional talent! Andreas Seppi Age: 32 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: February 21, 1984 (Pisces) Place of residence: Kaltern Sport: Tennis Sporting achievements: After the historic victory in January 2015 against Roger Federer in Melbourne, the Kalterer will also play in the final against the Swiss legend at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle in June. It is his second ATP final of the year after Zagreb. Despite missing the clay court season in the spring, he finished the year ranked in the top 30 in the world for the third time in his career (29). Dominik Windisch Age: 26 years Date of Birth/Zodiac Sign: November 6, 1989 (Scorpio) Place of residence: Oberrasen Sport: Biathlon Sporting achievements: In the wind of Canmore in the USA, Dominik Windisch realizes his lifelong sporting dream and wins the World Cup mass start. But the biathlete also often shows himself in the top positions. At the World Championships in Oslo, he narrowly missed out on medals by finishing fourth in the mass start and fifth in the sprint. Even in World Cup races, his running is particularly impressive and is a guarantee of quality in both the mixed relay and the men's team.

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Who will be South Tyrol's athlete of the year?

On April 22nd, the trophies for the athletes of the year will be awarded in the Merano Kursaal. The 12 finalists, six male and female athletes, have already been determined.

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