Two awards went to Salzburg in the election for Austria’s Sportsman of the Year on Thursday.
The blind cross-country skier Carina Edlinger in the category “Disabled Athlete of the Year” and Red Bull Salzburg as Team of the Year received the first two awards at the big gala in Vienna.
The 23-year-old Fuschler Edlinger won the overall World Cup for the fourth time last winter. She won the award for Sportswoman of the Year in 2019. Red Bull Salzburg earned the award – the fourth in a row in this category with the eighth championship title in a row, the cup win and strong performances on the international stage. Other candidates in the final selection were the ÖSV ski jumping women (Daniel Iraschko-Stolz, Sophie Schorschag, Chiara Kreuzer (Hölzl) and Marita Kramer) and the Nordic combined athletes Johannes Lamparter and Lukas Greiderer.
Handbike Paralympics winner Walter Ablinger is disabled athlete of the year. Sarah-Maria Baumegger (swimming) and Alexander Flechl (golf) received the Special Olympics athlete of the year awards. Gregor Högler, the coach of Olympic discus player Lukas Weißhaidinger, was honored as coach of the year.
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