Athlete of the Year: Wierer and Paris strike again

Wierer and Paris for the second: In March, the two sports stars were voted first in the election for Athlete of the Year 2018, and now they also secured the title for 1. For Wierer it was after 2019, 2014 and 2015 the fourth time she has been named Sportswoman of the Year, and the third time for Paris (2018, 2012).

Clear affair for the women, tighter number for the men For the women it was a clear affair: Dorothea Wierer, who wrote South Tyrolean sports history in 2019 with the world championship title in the mass start, the overall World Cup victory and winning the small crystal ball in the pursuit, received 9088 votes and beat the volleyball ace Raphaela foil (3747) and the disabled athlete Kathrin Oberhauser (3122) to places 2 and 3.

Things were much tighter for the men: Dominic Paris, who has had a dream season with a world championship title and a crystal ball win (both in Super-G), received 6729 votes. South Tyrol's budding tennis star surprisingly took second place Jannik Sinner with 5660 votes, while mass start world champion Dominik Windisch came third with 2036 votes. It should be said about Sinner that he also won the Ossi Pircher Prize. For women, this trophy for young athletes went to the snowboarder Jasmin Coratti. Winter sports are king A total of 91.994 votes were cast in the past few weeks. Not only were the athletes of the year chosen, but also the team and coach of the year. That got Team of the Year World Ski Championships team um Alex Vinatzer, Simon Maurberger and Riccardo Tonetti the most votes after the bronze medal at the World Championships. In the Coach of the Year category, the... Dolomites , SportNews and STOL Reader biathlon success coach Andreas Zingerle in first place. Disabled athletes received the newly introduced “Athlete of the Heart” award Roland Ruepp handed over.

You can read the entire evening in our live ticker. Women Pos Name Sport Vote 1. Dorothea Wierer Biathlon 9088 2. Raphaela foil Volleyball 3747 3. Kathrin Oberhauser Sports for the disabled 3122 4. Evelin Lanthaler Natural track tobogganing 2113 5. Nicol Delago Alpine skiing 1492 6. Nadia Ochner Snowboard 1469 Men Pos Name Sport Vote 1. dominik paris Alpine skiing 6729 2. Jannik Sinner Tennis 5660 3. Dominik Windisch Biathlon 2036 4. Omar Visintin Snowboard 1893 5. Simone Giannelli Volleyball 1802 6. Gerhard Kerschbaumer Mountain bike 1099 men Pos Name Sport Vote 1. team events Alpine skiing 6150 2. Pigneter/Clara Natural track tobogganing 3875 3. SSV Bolzano Handball 3595 Trainer Pos Name Sport Vote 1. Andreas Zingerle Biathlon 7519 2. Stefan Mair Hockey 3533 3. Raimund Plancker Alpine skiing 3493

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Athlete of the Year: Wierer and Paris strike again

South Tyrol has voted: biathlete Dorothea Wierer and ski ace Dominik Paris are the athletes of the year 2019. The secret was revealed on Friday evening as part of the Sporthilfe gala in the Kurhaus in Meran.

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