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The Jerring Award (
Swedish : Jerringpriset or "Radiosportens Jerringpris") is a prize established by
Radiosporten (the sport section of
Sveriges Radio ) and voted by its radio audience who choose the best performing Swedish athlete or team of the year. The prize is named after Swedish radio personality
Sven Jerring . It is also called "the prize of the people", since it is the radio audience who vote. Criticism was made between 2010-2019 regarding a lack of amateur sport awards, leading to awards being given in golf and horse jumping
The prize was first awarded in 1979, the inaugural winner being the
alpine skier
Ingemar Stenmark .
Biathlete
Magdalena Forsberg holds the record number of wins with four awards.
Biathlon is also the sport has had the winner the most times with 6.
All winners
Annika Sörenstam has received the prize twice, in 1995 and 2003
Magdalena Forsberg has received the most Jerring Awards with four, in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001
1979 -
Ingemar Stenmark ,
alpine skiing
1980 -
Ingemar Stenmark ,
alpine skiing
1981 -
Annichen Kringstad ,
orienteering
1982 -
IFK Göteborg ,
football men
1983 -
Mats Wilander ,
tennis
1984 -
Gunde Svan ,
cross-country skiing
1985 -
Gunde Svan ,
cross-country skiing
1986 -
Tomas Johansson ,
wrestling
1987 -
Marie-Helene Westin ,
cross-country skiing
1988 -
Tomas Gustafson ,
speed skating
1989 -
Jan Boklöv ,
ski jumping
1990 -
Sweden men's national handball team
1991 -
Pernilla Wiberg ,
alpine skiing
1992 -
Pernilla Wiberg ,
alpine skiing
1993 -
Torgny Mogren ,
cross-country skiing
1994 -
Sweden national football team
1995 -
Annika Sörenstam ,
golf
1996 -
Ludmila Engquist ,
athletics
1997 -
Magdalena Forsberg ,
biathlon
1998 -
Magdalena Forsberg ,
biathlon
1999 -
Ludmila Engquist ,
athletics
2000 -
Magdalena Forsberg ,
biathlon
2001 -
Magdalena Forsberg ,
biathlon
2002 -
Carolina Klüft ,
athletics
2003 -
Annika Sörenstam ,
golf
2004 -
Stefan Holm ,
athletics
2005 -
Tony Rickardsson ,
speedway
2006 -
Susanna Kallur ,
athletics
2007 -
Zlatan Ibrahimović ,
football
2008 -
Charlotte Kalla ,
cross-country skiing
2009 -
Helena Ekholm ,
biathlon
2010 -
Therese Alshammar ,
swimming
2011 -
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson ,
horse show jumping
2012 -
Lisa Nordén ,
triathlon
2013 -
Henrik Stenson ,
golf
2014 -
Sarah Sjöström ,
swimming
[1]
2015 -
Sarah Sjöström ,
swimming
2016 -
Peder Fredricson ,
horse show jumping
2017 -
Peder Fredricson ,
horse show jumping
2018 -
Hanna Öberg ,
biathlon
2019 -
Tove Alexandersson ,
orienteering ,
ski mountaineering ,
ski orienteering and
skyrunning
2020 -
Armand Duplantis ,
athletics
2021 - Team Sweden,
horse show jumping
[2]
2022 -
Nils van der Poel ,
speed skating
2023 -
Ebba Andersson ,
cross-country skiing
[3]
[4]
Wins per sport
Wins
Sport
Years won
6
Biathlon
1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2018
5
Athletics
1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006
5
Cross-country skiing
1984, 1985, 1987, 1993, 2008
4
Alpine skiing
1979, 1980, 1991, 1992
4
Horse show jumping
2011, 2016, 2017, 2021
3
Football
1982, 1994, 2007
3
Golf
1995, 2003, 2013
3
Swimming
2010, 2014, 2015
2
Orienteering
1981, 2019
1
Tennis
1983
1
Wrestling
1986
1
Speed skating
1988
1
Ski jumping
1989
1
Handball
1990
1
Speedway
2005
1
Ski mountaineering
2019
1
Ski orienteering
2019
1
Skyrunning
2019
See also
References
External links
National Regional Continental World