South Tyrol has voted: Wierer and Sinner are athletes of the year

She has been THE face of biathlon for years and was able to crown her career with an individual bronze medal at the Olympic Games last February. He, on the other hand, is just 21 years old and is already one of the superstars of the tennis and even the sports world. We're talking about Dorothea Wierer and Jannik Sinner, who have been South Tyrol's Athlete of the Year 2022 since Friday evening.

The two were honored at the Sporthilfe Gala at the H1 Eventspace in the Bolzano trade fair. While “Doro” received the athlete of the year trophy for the fifth time, Jannik Sinner was able to defend his title from last year. However, the young star from Sesto couldn't be in Bolzano because after an ankle injury he is currently completing the rehabilitation program in his adopted home of Monte-Carlo. A clear thing To stay in sports parlance, both model athletes achieved a commanding victory. Wierer got 5219 votes and clearly defeated Ski-Ass Nadia Delago who sensationally won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games and was elected 3666 times. Third place went to last year's winner and volleyball player Raphaela foil, which received 2124 votes. Natural track tobogganers follow in the other ranks Evelin Lanthaler (1660), skier Nicol Delago (1171) and handball goalkeeper Monika Prünster (1029)

Dorothea Wierer is Female Athlete of the Year.

For the men, the decision was even clearer. Sinner, currently in 12th place in the world tennis rankings, received 6502 votes, almost 3000 more than the runner-up Simone Giannelli. The man from Bolzano, who has been one of the best volleyball players in the world for years, was sensationally crowned world champion with Italy this year and was even voted player of the tournament. They gave him a gift Dolomites and SportNews -Readers 3702 votes. Behind them are the snowboard crossers who were extremely successful at the Olympics Omar Visintin (2196), ski ace dominik paris (1956), figure skating gem Daniel Grassl (833) and lugers Dominik Filehner (677)

<a data-caption="Jannik Sinner (Mitte) bekam den Preis in Monte-Carlo von Günther Heidegger (rechts), stellvertretender Chefredakteur des Tagblatt Dolomiten, und Dolomiten-Sportredakteur Stefan Peer (links) überreicht." data-fancybox="inline-129920" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2022/10/sinner-mitte-wurde-der-preis-in-monte-carlo-von-guenther-heidegger-stellvertretender-chefredakteur-rechts-und-dolomiten-redakteur-stefan-peer.jpg"> Jannik Sinner (center) received the award in Monte-Carlo from Günther Heidegger (right), deputy editor-in-chief of Tagblatt Dolomiten, and Dolomiten sports editor Stefan Peer (left).

Lifetime Achievement Award In addition to the top 6 men and women, nine former athletes were also honored for their sporting life's work. The careers of divers Tania Cagnotto, skier Manfred Mölgg, biathlete Dominik Windisch, Ski crosser Siegmar Klotz, Freestyler Silvia Bertagna, footballer Hannes Fink, Sports shooter Petra Zublasing, Hockey crack Anthony Bernard and handball players Hannes Innenebner were once again duly celebrated.

You can read more about the gala night on Saturday on the special pages of the Dolomites.

You can read the whole evening here. Women Pos Name Sport Vote 1. Dorothea Wierer Biathlon 5219 2. Nadia Delago Alpine skiing 3666 3. Raphaela foil Volleyball 2124 4. Evelin Lanthaler Natural track tobogganing 1660 5. Nicol Delago Alpine skiing 1171 6. Monika Prünster Handball 1029 7. Kathrin Oberhauser Sports for the disabled 969 8. Laura Runggatscher Sports bowling 854 9. Elisa Pfattner Football 698 10. Anika Niederwieser Handball 682 Men Pos Name Sport Vote 1. Jannik Sinner Tennis 6502 2. Simone Giannelli Volleyball 3702 3. Omar Visintin Snowboard 2169 4. dominik paris Alpine skiing 1956 5. Daniel Grassl Figure skating 833 6. Dominik Filehner Artificial track tobogganing 677 7. Fabian Rabensteiner Mountain bike 624 8. Roland Fischller Snowboard 509 9. Fabian Tait Football 484 10. Christian Lanthaler Sports for the disabled 467

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South Tyrol has voted: Wierer and Sinner are athletes of the year

More than 40.000 votes were cast by readers of Tagblatt Dolomiten and SportNews.bz, and it is now clear: biathlon queen Dorothea Wierer and young tennis star Jannik Sinner are South Tyrol's Athletes of the Year 2022.

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