Sports Technology Awards
Sports Technology Awards | |
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Awarded for | The Sports Technology Awards celebrate breakthrough technologies in sport. |
Date | Spring 2017 |
Location | Based in London but a Global event |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | April 4th, 2014 |
Last awarded | April 15th, 2016 |
Website |
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The Sports Technology Awards, a British business, is an internationally - recognized mark of excellence and a globally unique celebration of technology -led innovation across sport worldwide. The awards brand, which also includes the awards process and ceremony, the Power list and the STA Hub, is owned by the Sports Technology Awards Ltd, which is owned by Rebecca Hopkins, who also founded sports PR agency, ENS Ltd. Mark Hunter, MBE is the director of the awards.
Launched in October 2013 with the first ceremony held in London in 2014
Now in its fourth cycle, the judging panel for the awards boast Olympians, World Cup Winners, international coaches and senior figures from the industry including:
- Gareth Southgate
- Ben Ryan
- Jihai Sun
- Karen Pickering
- Richard Whitehead
- Tom Stallard
- Marlon Devonish
- Matt Brittin
- Gemma Morris
- The Baroness Grey-Thompson
The 2017 shortlist will be announced in March 2017 and the winners will be presented at a lunchtime ceremony on May 4th at The Roundhouse in Camden, London. Previous shortlistees and winners include:
- NBA
- TriplePlay
- Opendorse
- Jabra
- FanDuel
- Cricket Australia
- Team Pulse
- SIS Pitches
- BBC Get Inspired
- The Championships, Wimbledon
- IBM
2017 Categories[1]
- Team of the year
- Venue of the year
- Rights holder of the year
- Outstanding start up
- Most innovative sports partnership
- Most innovative sponsor
- Most innovative kit or apparel
- Most innovative fan engagement campaign
- Best web development or app
- Most innovative wearable
- Most innovative live sports experience or event
- Best technology for managers and coaches - performance
- Best technology for managers and coaches - athlete welfare
- Best technology for fan engagement
- Best technology for commercial returns
- Best participation technology
- Best new innovation
- Best elite sports facility
- Best digital TV product or broadcast innovation
- Sports tech young executive
References
- ↑ "Categories | Sports Technology Awards". sportstechnologyawards.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.