Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year

Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year (Hungarian: Az év magyar sportolója) awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995).

List of winners

Year Sportsman of the Year Sportswoman of the Year Team of the Year
Athlete Sport Athlete Sport
1958 Imre Polyák wrestling Zsuzsa Körmöczy tennis Men's water polo team
1959 Rudolf Kárpáti fencing Kornélia Méray rowing Men's team épée
1960 Rudolf Kárpáti (2) Kornélia Méray (2) Men's modern pentathlon team
1961 György Gurics wrestling Kornélia Méray (3) Men's water polo team
1962 Imre Polyák (2) Márta Egerváry swimming
1963 Győző Veres weightlifting Ildikó Rejtő fencing Men's modern pentathlon team
1964 Ferenc Török modern pentathlon Ildikó Rejtő (2) fencing Men's football team
1965 Gyula Zsivótzky hammer throw Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek discus throw Women's handball team
1966 András Balczó modern pentathlon Zsuzsa Nagy Szabó athletics Men's modern pentathlon team
1967 István Kozma wrestling Annamária Kovács Tóth modern pentathlon
1968 Gyula Zsivótzky (2) hammer throw Angéla Németh javelin throw Men's team épée
1969 András Balczó (2) modern pentathlon Angéla Németh (2) javelin throw Junior Men's modern pentathlon team
1970 Péter Kelemen Andrea Gyarmati swimming Men's modern pentathlon team
1971 Csaba Hegedűs wrestling Andrea Gyarmati (2) Men's team épée
1972 András Balczó (3) modern pentathlon Andrea Gyarmati (3)
1973 Géza Csapó canoe racing Ildikó Tordasi fencing Men's water polo team
1974 Zoltán Magyar artistic gymnastics Ilona Bruzsenyák long jump Men's water polo team
1975 András Hargitay swimming Mariann Ambrus rowing Men's modern pentathlon team
1976 Miklós Németh javelin throw Ildikó Tordasi (2) fencing Men's water polo team
1977 Pál Gerevich fencing Mariann Ambrus (2) rowing
1978 Zoltán Magyar (2) artistic gymnastics Judit Magos table tennis Men's chess team
1979 Tamás Wichmann canoe racing Andrea Mátay high jump Men's table tennis team
1980 Zoltán Magyar (3) artistic gymnastics Magda Maros fencing Ice dancing (Regőczy & Sallay)
1981 Sándor Wladár swimming Éva Rakusz canoe racing Men's team foil
1982 Jenő Pap fencing Pálma Balogh shooting
1983 György Guczoghy artistic gymnastics Andrea Temesvári tennis Men's modern pentathlon team
1984 Tamás Gáspár wrestling Mária Ábrahám bowling Men's equestrianism team
1985 Attila Mizsér modern pentathlon Éva Fórián shooting Men's football team
1986 Tamás Darnyi swimming Csilla Bátorfi table tennis Men's handball team
1987 Tamás Darnyi (2) Mariann Engrich taekwondo Men's modern pentathlon team
1988 Tamás Darnyi (3) Krisztina Egerszegi swimming Men's modern pentathlon team
1989 László Fábián modern pentathlon Krisztina Egerszegi (2) Men's modern pentathlon team
1990 Tamás Darnyi (4) swimming Krisztina Egerszegi (3) Women's chess team
1991 István Kovács boxing Krisztina Egerszegi (4) Men's K-4 (Horváth, Kammerer, Storcz, Vereckei)
1992 Tamás Darnyi (5) swimming Krisztina Egerszegi (5) Women's K-4 (Czigány, Dónusz, Kőbán, Mészáros)
1993 Antal Kovács judo Krisztina Egerszegi (6) Men's water polo team
1994 Norbert Rózsa swimming Rita Kőbán canoe racing Women's water polo team
1995 Imre Pulai canoe racing Rita Kőbán (2) Men's C-2 (Horváth & Kolonics)
1996 István Kovács (2) boxing Krisztina Egerszegi (7) swimming
1997 Botond Storcz canoe racing Ágnes Kovács Men's water polo team
1998 Tibor Gécsek hammer throw Ágnes Kovács (2) Men's team épée
1999 Gábor Balogh modern pentathlon Ágnes Kovács (3) Men's water polo team
2000 Szilveszter Csollány artistic gymnastics Ágnes Kovács (4)
2001 Gábor Balogh (2) modern pentathlon Gyöngyi Likerecz weightlifting Rowing, men's double sculls (Haller & Pető)
2002 Szilveszter Csollány (2) artistic gymnastics Katalin Kovács canoe racing Rowing, men's double sculls (Haller & Pető)
2003 Adrián Annus hammer throw Katalin Kovács (2) Men's water polo team
2004 István Majoros wrestling Natasa Janics
2005 Ákos Braun judo Zsuzsanna Vörös modern pentathlon Women's K-2 (Janics & Kovács)
2006 László Cseh swimming Tímea Nagy fencing
2007 Gábor Talmácsi motorcycle racing Ágnes Szávay tennis Men's team épée
2008 Attila Vajda canoe racing Ildikó Mincza-Nébald fencing Men's water polo team
2009 Dániel Gyurta swimming Katinka Hosszú swimming Men's U-20 football team
2010 Krisztián Berki artistic gymnastics Natasa Janics (2) canoe racing Women's K-2 (Janics & Kovács)
2011 Krisztián Berki (2) Tamara Csipes Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball)
2012 Dániel Gyurta (2) swimming Éva Risztov swimming Men's K-2 (Dombi & Kökény)
2013 Dániel Gyurta (3) Katinka Hosszú (2) Men's water polo team
2014 Krisztián Berki (3) artistic gymnastics Katinka Hosszú (3) Győri ETO KC (women's handball)
2015 László Cseh (2) swimming Katinka Hosszú (4) Men's ice hockey team
2016 Áron Szilágyi fencing Katinka Hosszú (5) Men's football team
2017 Balázs Baji athletics Katinka Hosszú (6) Győri ETO KC (women's handball)
2018 Shaolin Sándor Liu short track speed skating Danuta Kozák canoe racing Győri ETO KC (women's handball)
2019 Kristóf Milák swimming Katinka Hosszú (7) swimming Ferencvárosi TC (men's water polo)
2020 Dominik Szoboszlai football Hedvig Karakas judo Men's football team
2021 Áron Szilágyi (2) fencing Tamara Csipes (2) canoe racing Women's water polo team
2022 Kristóf Milák (2) swimming Luca Kozák athletics Women's national team fencing sabre
2023 Dominik Szoboszlai (2)[1] football Mária Érdi sailing Men's football team

Statistics

Individual winners of three or more titles

Name Sport Number of titles
Krisztina Egerszegi swimming 7
Katinka Hosszú
Tamás Darnyi 5
Ágnes Kovács 4
András Balczó modern pentathlon 3
Krisztián Berki artistic gymnastics
Andrea Gyarmati swimming
Dániel Gyurta
Zoltán Magyar gymnastics
Kornélia Méray rowing

Breakdown of winners by sport

Coach/President of the Year

Year Coach of the Year President of the Year
Winner Sport Winner Sport
1985 György Mezey football – –
1986 Tamás Széchy swimming – –
1987 Tamás Széchy (2) – –
1988 Tamás Széchy (3) – –
1989 Ferenc Török modern pentathlon – –
1990 Tamás Széchy (4) swimming – –
1991 László Kiss – –
1992 László Kiss (2) – –
1993 László Kiss (3) – –
1994 Tamás Széchy (5) – –
1995 Róbert Ludasi canoe racing Vilmos Vajda canoe racing (MKKSZ)
1996 László Kiss (4) swimming Tamás Széchy swimming (MÚSZ)
1997 László Kiss (5) Imre Szántó boxing (MÖSZ)
1998 Pál Németh athletics Zoltán Angyal canoe racing (MKKSZ)
1999 László Kiss (6) swimming Dénes Kemény Men's water polo
2000 Nándor Sári canoe racing Dénes Kemény (2)
2001 Katalin Rozsnyói Zoltán Angyal (2) canoe racing (MKKSZ)
2002 Katalin Rozsnyói (2) Zoltán Angyal (3)
2003 Katalin Rozsnyói (3) Dénes Kemény (3) Men's water polo
2004 Katalin Rozsnyói (4) Dénes Kemény (4)
2005 Katalin Rozsnyói (5) Tamás Faragó Women's water polo
2006 Katalin Rozsnyói (6) Zoltán Angyal (4) canoe racing (MKKSZ)
2007 Zoltán Kuhárszky tennis Zoltán Angyal (5)
2008 György Turi swimming Dénes Kemény (5) Men's water polo
2009 Lajos Mocsai handball Sándor Egervári Men's U-20 football
2010 István Kovács artistic gymnastics László Kiss swimming (MÚSZ)
2011 Ferenc Csipes canoe racing Botond Storcz canoe racing (MKKSZ)
2012 Sándor Széles swimming Lajos Mocsai Men's handball
2013 Shane Tusup Tibor Benedek Men's water polo
2014 Shane Tusup (2) Botond Storcz (2) canoe racing (MKKSZ)
2015 Pál Dárdai football From 2015 merged with Coach of the Year awards.
2016 Shane Tusup (3) swimming – –
2017 Shane Tusup (4) – –
2018 Ákos Bánhidi and
Zhang Jing 		short track speed skating – –
2019 Zsolt Varga Men's water polo – –
2020 Marco Rossi football – –
2021 András Decsi fencing – –
2022 Marco Rossi[2] football – –
2023 Marco Rossi[3] – –

References

  1. ^ "Szoboszlai Dominik lett az év sportolója, a fociválogatott az év csapata". telex (in Hungarian). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ Ádám, Antalics (9 January 2023). "Milák Kristóf az év sportolója, Marco Rossi az év edzője". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ nemzetisport.hu (2024). "Szoboszlai és Érdi az Év Sportolója, Rossi az Év edzője". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 9 January 2024.