Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia

Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia are proclaimed since 1994, at the end of each calendar year, to the most successful athletes. Initially declared sportswoman and sportsman, and later introduced the award for best the women's team, the men's team, coach and young sportsperson. The competition includes results from current Olympic sports, also and from Chess Olympiad.[1]

Contents

Criteria for Awards

Awards are given to the athletes and teams according to their results in Olympic sports, Paralympic sports and from Chess Olympiad. The most valuable results are those accomplished in these competitions (in this order):

1. Olympic Games
2. World Championship
3. European Championship
4. World Cup
5. European Cup
6. Paralympic Games
7. Chess Olympiad

Award for most successful coach can be awarded to coach who was member of one of Serbian national team who achieved most valuable sporting result according to listed criteria.
If two sportspersons have identical results, award will go to athletes from individual sports instead of team sports. Exception can be taken if athlete from team sport won MVP award on Olympic Games, World Championship or European Championship. Also worldwide popularity of their sports can be taken into account, as well as maximum number of athletes from individual nation that can participate in competitions.
If there are none exceptional results in single year award will not be presented.

Sportswoman of The Year

This award is proclaimed since the introduction of awards in 1994. So far it was awarded to 10 different athletes from 7 sports.

Year Sportswoman of The Year Sport
1994 Jasna Šekarić Shooting
1995 Jasna Šekarić (2) Shooting
1996 Aleksandra Ivošev Shooting
1997 Jasna Šekarić (3) Shooting
1998 Olivera Jevtić Athletics
1999 Olivera Jevtić (2) Athletics
2000 Jasna Šekarić (4) Shooting
2001 Jelena Dokić Tennis
2002 Mara Kovačević Judo
2003 Silvija Erdelji Table tennis
2004 Jasna Šekarić (5) Shooting
2005 Jasna Šekarić (6) Shooting
2006 Olivera Jevtić (3) Athletics
2007 Jelena Janković Tennis
2008 Jelena Janković (2) Tennis
2009 Nađa Higl Swimming
2010 Zorana Arunović Shooting
2011 Jovana Brakočević Volleyball

Sportsman of The Year

This award is proclaimed since the introduction of awards in 1994. So far it was awarded to 12 different athletes from 8 sports.

Year Sportsman of The Year Sport
1994 Stevan Pletikosić Shooting
1995 Aleksandar Đorđević Basketball
1996 Vladimir Grbić Volleyball
1997 Nikola Grbić Volleyball
1998 Dejan Bodiroga Basketball
1999 Nedeljko Jovanović Handball
2000 Vladimir Grbić (2) Volleyball
2001 Aleksandar Šoštar Water polo
2002 Dejan Bodiroga (2) Basketball
2003 Milorad Čavić Swimming
2004 Aleksandar Šapić Water polo
2005 Vladimir Vujasinović Water polo
2006 Nikola Stojić Rowing
2007 Novak Đoković Tennis
2008 Milorad Čavić (2) Swimming
2009 Milorad Čavić (3) Swimming
2010 Novak Đoković (2) Tennis
2011 Novak Đoković (3) Tennis

Young Athlete of The Year

This award is introduced in 2010. So far it was awarded to 2 different athletes from 2 sports.

Year Sportsman of The Year Sport
2010 Velimir Stjepanović Swimming
2011 Uroš Kovačević Volleyball

Women's Team of The Year

This award is introduced in 1995. It was awarded to 8 different teams from 6 different sports.

Year Women's Team of The Year Sport
1995 National shooting team Shooting
1996 Karate club Soko Štark Karate
1997 Karate club Knjaz Miloš Karate
1998 ŽRK Budućnost Handball
1999 National chess team Chess
2000 No award
2001 National handball team Handball
2002 No award
2003
2004
2005 National junior basketball team Basketball
2006 National volleyball team Volleyball
2007 National volleyball team (2) Volleyball
2008 National volleyball team (3) Volleyball
2009 National volleyball team (4) Volleyball
2010 National volleyball team (5) Volleyball
2011 National volleyball team (6) Volleyball

Men's Team of The Year

This award is introduced in 1995. It was awarded to 4 different teams from 4 different sports.

Year Men's Team of The Year Sport
1995 National basketball team Basketball
1996 National basketball team (2) Basketball
1997 National basketball team (3) Basketball
1998 National basketball team (4) Basketball
1999 National handball team Handball
2000 National volleyball team Volleyball
2001 National water polo team Water polo
2002 National basketball team (5) Basketball
2003 National water polo team (2) Water polo
2004 National water polo team (3) Water polo
2005 National water polo team (4) Water polo
2006 National water polo team (5) Water polo
2007 National water polo team (6) Water polo
2008 National water polo team (7) Water polo
2009 National water polo team (8) Water polo
2010 National volleyball team (2) Volleyball
2011 National water polo team (9) Water polo

Coach of The Year

This award is introduced in 2009. It was awarded to 2 different coaches from 2 different sports.

Year Coach of The Year Sport
2009 Dejan Udovičić Water polo
2010 Marián Vajda Tennis
2011 Marián Vajda (2) Tennis

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ [1] Trophy of Olympic Committee of Serbia on official site