Victoria Award facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Victoria Award |
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Presented by | Victoria of Sweden |
Date | 14 July 1979 |
Location | Borgholm |
Country | Sweden |
The Victoria Award (Swedish: Victoriapriset), earlier called the Victoria Scholarship (Swedish: Victoriastipendiet) is awarded to a Swedish athlete (or pair of athletes) every year since 1979, on Öland, on the 14 July, the birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.
Recipients of the Victoria Award
Year | Recipient | Sport |
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1979 | Ingemar Stenmark | alpine skiing |
1980 | Stefan Persson | ice hockey |
1981 | Linda Haglund | track and field |
1982 | Tomas Gustafson | speed skating |
1983 | Stig Strand | alpine skiing |
1984 | Gunde Svan | cross-country skiing |
1985 | Patrik Sjöberg | track and field |
1986 | Torbjörn Nilsson | association football |
1987 | Tomas Johansson | wrestling |
1988 | Tomas Gustafson | speed skating |
1989 | Jan-Ove Waldner | table tennis |
1990 | Mikael Appelgren | table tennis |
1991 | Pernilla Wiberg | alpine skiing |
1992 | Jörgen Persson | table tennis |
1993 | Torgny Mogren | cross-country skiing |
1994 | Peter Forsberg | ice hockey |
1995 | Tomas Brolin | association football |
1996 | Sara Wedlund | track and field |
1997 | Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson |
canoe racing |
1998 | Magdalena Forsberg | biathlon |
1999 | Lars Frölander | swimming |
2000 | Therese Alshammar | swimming |
2001 | Mikael Ljungberg | wrestling |
2002 | Magnus Wislander | handball |
2003 | Carolina Klüft | track and field |
2004 | Anja Pärson | alpine skiing |
2005 | Stefan Holm and Christian Olsson |
track and field |
2006 | Anna Carin Olofsson and Björn Lind |
biathlon cross-country skiing |
2007 | Henrik Larsson | association football |
2008 | Susanna Kallur | track and field |
2009 | Helena Jonsson | biathlon |
2010 | Charlotte Kalla | cross-country skiing |
2011 | Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin |
ice hockey |
2012 | Anette Norberg | curling |
2013 | Johan Olsson | cross-country skiing |
2014 | Sweden men's and Sweden women's relay teams | cross-country skiing |
2015 | Sarah Sjöström | swimming |
2016 | Henrik Lundqvist | ice hockey |
2017 | Jenny Rissveds | mountain biking |
2018 | Stina Nilsson | cross-country skiing |
2019 | Hanna Öberg | biathlon |
2020 | Armand Duplantis | pole vault |
2021 | Nils van der Poel | speed skating |
2022 | Ebba Årsjö | alpine skiing |
2023 | Erik Karlsson | ice hockey |
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