He was one of the biggest surprises of the past winter sports season and consequently he won a title today at the Lotteries Sporthilfe Gala in the Wiener Stadthalle – Johannes Strolz is the “Climber of the Year”! While the man from Vorarlberg came third in the “Sportsman of the Year” election, it was enough to win in the “Climber” category.
Strolz received 41.47 percent in an online poll, golfer Sepp Straka got 30.53 and tennis player Filip Misolic 28 percent. “Of course 30 years is a nice age for a climber,” said Strolz with a laugh, last winter’s meteoric climber. “A book request has already come in about my career path.” “Athlete of the year with disabilities” was won by the alpine skiing siblings Veronika and Johannes Aigner, both extremely successful at the Paralympics in Beijing. Dressage rider Cecily Hoyos and tennis player Jürgen Rojko can call themselves “Special Olympics Athlete” and “Female Athlete of the Year”. Irene Fuhrmann was voted Personal Trainer of the Year. “It’s a great honor to be able to accept this award on behalf of a great team,” said the manager of the women’s national soccer team before she was enthusiastically celebrated by her players on the eve of the World Cup qualifier in Glasgow against Scotland. For the first time in seven years, a “Special Award” was presented again, which had already been presented to Arnold Schwarzenegger by Federal President Alexander van der Bellen in the run-up to the gala.
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