Danish Sports Name of the Year

Sports Name of the Year of Denmark (Danish: Årets Sportsnavn) is an award given to the best Danish sportsperson or team of the given year by the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark and daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten. It was first awarded in 1991. The winner gets 50,000 Danish kroner.

List of laureates

Year	Winner	Sport
1991	Mette Jacobsen	Swimming
1992	Jesper Bank, Jesper Seier, Steen Secher	Sailing
1993	Denmark women's national handball team	Handball
1994	Denmark women's national handball team (2)	Handball
1995	Mette Jacobsen (2)	Swimming
1996	Bjarne Riis	Cycling
1997	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics
1998	Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Victor Feddersen, Thomas Poulsen	Rowing
1999	Camilla Martin	Badminton
2000	Denmark women's national handball team (3)	Handball
2001	Thomas Bjørn	Golf
2002	Tom Kristensen	Auto racing
2003	Nicki Pedersen	Speedway
2004	Eskild Ebbesen (2), Thomas Ebert (2), Thor Kristensen, Stephan Mølvig	Rowing
2005	Tom Kristensen (2)	Auto racing
2006	Mikkel Kessler	Boxing
2007	Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen	Rowing
2008	Denmark men's national handball team	Handball
2009	Lotte Friis	Swimming
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Tennis
2011	Jeanette Ottesen	Swimming
2012	Lasse Norman Hansen	Cycling
2013	Maja Jager	Archery
2014	Camilla Pedersen	Triathlon
2015	René Holten Poulsen	Canoe sprint

References

• Official website of National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
• "Årets Sportsnavn" [Sports Name of the Year]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
• "Wozniacki blev "Årets Sportsnavn"" [Wozniacki became "Sports Name of the Year"]. Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 8 January 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2012.