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Věra Čáslavská , an artistic gymnast, stands on the top of the podium at the 1967 European Championships.
Sportsperson of the Year (
Czech : Sportovec roku ,
Slovak : Športovec roka ) was a prize awarded annually to the best athletes of
Czechoslovakia from 1959 to 1992 by the Club of Czechoslovak Sports Journalists. The first winner was white-water canoer
Vladimír Jirásek . From 1961 the prize was also given to the best sports team; the first team recipient was the
Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team . Since the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the prize has continued in both successor countries as the
Sportsperson of the Year of the Czech Republic
[1] and the
Sportsperson of the Year of Slovakia .
[2]
The individual prize was usually awarded to a single sportsperson, but on two occasions, two people received it –
Eva Romanová and
Pavel Roman (
ice dancers ) in 1962, and the
Pospíšil brothers (
cycle-ball players) in 1979. The prize was given to 28 different athletes, 22 men and 6 women, in 23 sports disciplines. Gymnast
Věra Čáslavská won the prize four times, the most of any sportsperson.She was also the sole recipient to have received it in three consecutive years (from 1966 to 1968). Six individuals were awarded the prize more than once.
[3]
The team prize was won by teams in 12 sport disciplines; all winners but one were national teams. The only time members of a
sports club team were awarded the Sportsperson of the Year was the
Dukla Prague handball team, in 1963.
Ice hockey teams were given the award six times – most of all disciplines. Ice hockey goaltender
Josef Mikoláš and cross-country skier
Květa Jeriová were the only people who won both the individual and the team prize
[3] (Mikoláš as a member of the
Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team at
1961 World Championships
[4] and Jeriová as a member of ski relay at the
1984 Winter Olympics
[5] ). Men's teams received the prize 20 times, and women's teams won it 3 times. From 1970 to 1977, and in 1979, the team prize was not awarded. The team award was won back to back twice, by the men's national ice hockey team in 1968 and 1969, and by the men's national ski-relay team in 1988 and 1989.
[3]
Individual awards
Year
Name
Sport
Achievements in the given year
1959
Vladimír Jirásek ×
C1 whitewater slalom
World Championships in
Geneva ,
Switzerland – 1st
[6]
1960
Eva Bosáková +
Artistic gymnastics
Summer Olympics in
Rome ,
Italy ,
balance beam – 1st, team – 2nd
[7]
1961
Josef Mikoláš ×
Ice hockey (
goaltender )
World Championships in
Geneva ,
Switzerland , team – 2nd
[4]
1962
Eva Romanová
Pavel Roman ~
Ice dancing
World Championships in
Prague ,
Czechoslovakia – 1st
[8]
European Championships in
Geneva ,
Switzerland – 3rd
[9]
1963
Václav Kozák ×
Rowing
European Championships in
Copenhagen ,
Denmark ,
single scull – 1st
[10]
1964
Věra Čáslavská +
Artistic gymnastics
Summer Olympics in
Tokyo ,
Japan , all-round – 1st,
balance beam – 1st,
vault – 1st, team – 2nd
[11]
1965
Ludvík Daněk ×
Discus throw
World record of 65.22 metres (214 ft) in
Sokolov ,
Czechoslovakia
[12]
1966
Věra Čáslavská +
Artistic gymnastics
World Championships in
Dortmund ,
West Germany , team – 1st, all-round – 1st,
vault – 1st,
[13]
balance beam – 2nd,
floor exercise – 2nd
[14]
1967
Věra Čáslavská +
Artistic gymnastics
European Championships in
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands , all-round – 1st,
vault – 1st,
uneven bars – 1st,
balance beam – 1st,
floor exercise – 1st
[14]
1968
Věra Čáslavská +
Artistic gymnastics
Summer Olympics in
Mexico City ,
Mexico , all-round – 1st,
vault – 1st,
uneven bars – 1st,
balance beam – 2nd, team – 2nd
[15]
1969
Miloslava Rezková +
High jump
European Championships in
Athens ,
Greece – 1st
[16]
1970
Ladislav Rygl ×
Nordic combined
World Championships in
Vysoké Tatry ,
Czechoslovakia – 1st
[17]
1971
Ondrej Nepela ×
Figure skating
World Championships in
Lyon ,
France – 1st
[18]
European Championships in
Zürich – 1st
[19]
1972
Ludvík Daněk ×
Discus throw
Summer Olympics in
Munich ,
West Germany – 1st
[20]
1973
Jan Kodeš ×
Tennis
Wimbledon Championships – 1st
[21]
US Open – 2nd
[22]
1974
Vítězslav Mácha ×
Greco-Roman wrestling
World Championships in
Katowice ,
Poland , 74 kg
weight class – 1st European Championships in
Madrid ,
Spain , 74 kg weight class – 2nd
[23]
1975
Karel Kodejška ×
Ski jumping
Ski flying World Championships in
Bad Mitterndorf ,
Austria – 1st
[24]
1976
Anton Tkáč ×
Track cycling
Summer Olympics in
Montreal ,
Canada ,
sprint – 1st
[25]
1977
Vítězslav Mácha ×
Greco-Roman wrestling
World Championships in
Göteborg ,
Sweden , 74 kg
weight class – 1st
[23]
1978
Anton Tkáč ×
Track cycling
World Championships in
Munich ,
West Germany ,
sprint for amateurs – 1st
[26]
1979
Pospíšil brothers ×
Cycle ball
World Indoor Cycling Championships in
Schiltigheim ,
France – 1st
[27]
1980
Ota Zaremba ×
Weightlifting
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow ,
Soviet Union , 100 kg weight class – 1st
[28]
1981
Jarmila Kratochvílová +
Athletics – track disciplines
European Indoor Championships in
Grenoble ,
France , 400 m – 1st
[29]
1982
Imrich Bugár ×
Discus throw
European Athletics Championships in
Athens ,
Greece – 1st
[16]
1983
Jarmila Kratochvílová +
Athletics – track disciplines
World Championships in
Helsinki ,
Finland , 400 m – 1st (
world record of 47.99),
[30] 800 m – 1st,
[31] 4 × 400 m
relay – 2nd
[32]
European Indoor Championships in
Budapest ,
Hungary , 400 m – 1st
[29]
800m world record of 1:53.28 in
Munich ,
West Germany
[33]
1984
Květa Jeriová +
Cross-country skiing
Winter Olympics in
Sarajevo ,
Yugoslavia , 5 km – 3rd, 4 x 5 km relay – 2nd
[34]
1985
Petr Jirmus ×
Aerobatics
European Championships – 1st
[35]
1986
Jozef Pribilinec ×
Racewalking
European Championships in
Stuttgart , West Germany – 1st
[16]
1987
Jiří Parma ×
Ski jumping
World Championships in
Oberstdorf , West Germany – 1st
[36]
1988
Jozef Pribilinec ×
Racewalking
Summer Olympics in
Seoul ,
South Korea – 1st
[37]
1989
Attila Szabó ×
K-1 canoe sprint
World Championships in
Plovdiv ,
Bulgaria , K-1 10000 m – 1st
[38]
1990
Jozef Lohyňa ×
Freestyle wrestling
World Championships in
Tokyo , Japan, 82 kg
weight class – 1st
[23]
1991
Radomír Šimůnek ×
Cyclo-cross
World Championships in
Gieten ,
Netherlands – 1st
[39]
1992
Robert Změlík ×
Decathlon
Summer Olympics in
Barcelona ,
Spain – 1st
[40]
Team awards
Year
Team
Achievements in the given year
1961
Men's national ice hockey team ×
World Championships in
Geneva and
Lausanne ,
Switzerland – 2nd
[41]
1962
Men's national football team ×
World Cup in
Chile – 2nd
[42]
1963
Dukla Prague men's handball team ×
European Champions Cup – 1st
[43]
1964
Men's national volleyball team ×
Summer Olympics in
Tokyo ,
Japan – 3rd
[44]
1965
Men's national ice hockey team ×
World Championships in
Tampere ,
Finland – 2nd
[41]
1966
Men's national volleyball team ×
World Championships in
Prague ,
Czechoslovakia – 1st
[45]
1967
Men's national handball team ×
World Championships in
Sweden – 1st
[46]
1968
Men's national ice hockey team ×
Winter Olympics in
Grenoble ,
France – 2nd
[47]
1969
Men's national ice hockey team ×
World Championships in
Stockholm ,
Sweden – 3rd
[41]
1970
not awarded
1971
not awarded
1972
not awarded
1973
not awarded
1974
not awarded
1975
not awarded
1976
not awarded
1977
not awarded
1978
National motorcycle team ×
International Six Days Enduro in
Värnamo , Sweden – 1st
[48]
[49]
1979
not awarded
1980
Men's national football team ×
Summer Olympics in
Moscow ,
Soviet Union – 1st
[50]
1981
Men's national road cycling team ×
World Championships in
Prague ,
Czechoslovakia ,
team time trial – 3rd
[51]
1982
National motorcycle team ×
International Six Days Enduro in
Považská Bystrica ,
Czechoslovakia – 1st
[52]
[53]
1983
Women's national tennis team +
Fed Cup – 1st
[54]
1984
Women's national ski-relay team +
Winter Olympics in
Sarajevo ,
Yugoslavia – 2nd
[55]
1985
Men's national ice hockey team ×
1985 World Ice Hockey Championships in
Prague ,
Czechoslovakia – 1st
[41]
1986
Men's national track cycling team ×
World Championships in
Colorado Springs ,
United States , 4000 m
team pursuit – 1st
[56]
1987
Women's national volleyball team +
European Championships in
Belgium – 3rd
[57]
1988
Men's national ski-relay team ×
Winter Olympics in
Calgary ,
Canada – 3rd
[58]
1989
Men's national ski-relay team ×
World Championships in
Lahti ,
Finland – 3rd
[59]
1990
Men's national football team ×
World Cup in
Italy – quarterfinals
[60]
1991
Men's national table-tennis team ×
World Championships in
Chiba ,
Japan – 3rd
[61]
1992
Men's national ice hockey team ×
Winter Olympics in
Albertville ,
France – 3rd
[62]
World Championships in
Czechoslovakia – 3rd
[41]
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