Who will come out on top this time? Online voting is on Saturday night Election of the Wolfsburg athletes of the year started. One thing is already certain: Only top triathletes Mike Noodt from VfL Wolfsburg can defend his title from last year. For the female athletes, one Successor to judo ace Giovanna Scoccimarro (MTV Vorsfelde) wanted. For the teams, the question arises as to whether one of the two professional teams available for election will prevail in 2022, or whether there will be the next surprise.
Until January 16, citizens can vote on the website of the city of Wolfsburg, who they see in front. You can vote among three candidates in each category. A jury, which also includes our newspaper, made the pre-selection for this.
Who will be Wolfsburg’s Sportswoman of the Year? Who will be Wolfsburg’s Sportsman of the Year?
The women are soccer players Alexandra Popp (VfL Wolfsburg), who had already received the award in 2016, sports shooter Vanessa Seeger (USK Fallersleben) and figure skater Ricarda Zander (VfL Wolfsburg) to choose from. World-class judoka Scoccimarro, who has already won five times, was out for a long time after suffering a cruciate ligament rupture in the spring.
In the case of the men, the vote can be taken alongside Noodt on kickboxers Victor Happy (AKBC Wolfsburg) or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters Yavuz Ögüt fall. Both were shortlisted for the first time.
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Three teams nominated for Wolfsburg’s Team of the Year
It can be exciting again with the teams: In the first two editions of the online voting since the new concept of the athletes’ choice, an outsider prevailed against professional teams. Last year it was the team „Fearless“, the figurehead of VfL’s jazz and modern dance department, which had the most votes. This year, in addition to the ice hockey team, Grizzlys Wolfsburg and the footballers of VfL Wolfsburg das Cheerleading-Team „Sonics Aces“ of MTV Vorsfelde made it into the voting.
Online voting has already led to really close decisions in the first two years. At the premiere, the table tennis players of the SSV Neuhaus just 25 votes more than the VfL soccer players.
The candidates for the election of the Wolfsburg athlete of the year
Alexandra Popp, VfL Wolfsburg: After a severe cartilage injury and a break of almost a year, the captain of the Footballers of VfL back to the square. She got them with the club German championship and the DFB Cup. The 31-year-old all-rounder was at the European Championships in summer face of national team, scored Germany with six goals in five Playing in the final against England, which she missed at short notice due to injury. In addition to her successes on the pitch, she has been in demand more than ever as an ambassador for women’s football since the summer.
Vanessa Seeger, USK Fallersleben: Vanessa Seeger, 20-year-old top talent in the sport shooting from USK Fallersleben, was successful nationally and internationally with both the air pistol and the sports pistol, but missed the big coup of a World Championships medal at the end of her junior years, which she had hoped for. The woman from Sülfeld fetched herself from the German Championships 1st place and finished first in mixed and fifth in singles at the EM in Norway. In the WM in Egypt she achieved the best results in place 4 and 6 in the team competitions.
Ricarda Zander, VfL Wolfsburg: Ricarda Zander is the top talent at VfL Wolfsburg e. v. in roller skating. The 16-year-old was born in 2022 national champion and qualified in 7th place at the World Cup in Trieste (Italy) and the German vice championship in Heilbronn for the first time for the World Skate Games, the world championships in roller skating, in Buenos Aires. In the “Free Skating Juniores” class, Zander was equal at her premiere best Germans and ended up in eleventh place. She had slowed down a corona infection for a longer time in the summer.
The candidates for the election of the Wolfsburg Sportswoman of the Year
Viktor Fröhlich, AKBC Wolfsburg: Viktor Fröhlich, 36 years old Kickboxer of the AKBC Wolfsburg, was crowned in October in front of 400 spectators in the Congress Park World Champion of the association WAKO-Pro in the class up to 85.1 kilograms. Against Italy’s Lorenzo Giornelli, coach Antonino Spatola’s protégé dictated the fight, forcing a stop in round 9 after knocking his opponent down several times. Already in the spring the martial artist had as national champion first time for the German championships qualified in amateur boxing.
Mika Noodt, VfL Wolfsburg: Mika Noodt, already 2021 Wolfsburg athletes of the year, is at the age of 22 the shooting star of the international triathlon scene. Born in Wolfsburg won the Challenge Gran Canaria, only to be out for four months with inflammation in the hip and pelvic area. But the VfL triathlete came back strong and finished ninth in the top international team PTO US Open in Dallas and crowned his season with 4th place in the 70.3 World Championships in St. George (USA). To 11th World Cup in the previous year, Noodt once again exceeded expectations.
Yavuz Ögüt, VfL Wolfsburg: Behind the successful martial artist Yavuz Ögüt has had a strong year, even by his standards: Der Black belt holder im Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from VfL Wolfsburg European Championship runner-up and most recently third place in the world championships in the masters class of the world association IBJJF. There are more to come international titles in the association NAGA (North American Grappling Association) for the 42-year-old who won the year in the world ranking if best Germanr finished in the top 30.
These teams stand for the election of the Wolfsburg team of the year
Sonics Aces, Cheerleading: Die „Sonics Aces“, cheerleading group of MTV Vorsfelde, got over 1st place at the regional championships in Hamburg for the German championships qualified. They had difficult conditions: the event took place in a hybrid format, the performances were without an audience and the evaluation was only made afterwards using video material. At the DM in Riesa they then drove in the category “Junior Allgirl Level 4” with 8.55 points best score a.
VfL women, football: It was an almost perfect calendar year for them Footballers of VfL Wolfsburg: They got that seventh German championship title and won the DFB Cup in Cologne for the eighth time in a row. Ten VfL players were also made in the summer Vice European champions with the German national team. Throughout the year he cashed in Champions League semi-finalist Incidentally, not a single defeat at national level, celebrated 21 league victories and five successes in the cup.
Grizzlys, Eishockey: Die Grizzlys Wolfsburg finished their freshman year under head coach Mike Stewart Main round place 3 and thus qualified for the Champions Hockey League, in which the Wolfsburg ice hockey first division team survived the group phase in the 2022/23 season and that round of 16 reached. In the play-offs of the past season, after a narrow series against northern rivals Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven semifinals against RB Munich terminus.
This is how you can take part in the election for Wolfsburg’s athletes of the year – and win something
And this is how it works: Only on the City home page can over this link be matched. One vote is possible per category. Whoever collects the most votes after the end of voting on January 16 wins the election. The winners will be published promptly.
All participants who register with their email address also take part in one Contest part that the city is offering for the first time in order to increase attractiveness. Last year, only a good 1,000 people voted after a personalized registration mask was supposed to prevent multiple entries.
to to win Is there a Annual family ticket for the Wolfsburg outdoor pools (Fallersleben and VW Bad), one Annual family ticket for the municipal indoor pools (Sandkamp and Heiligendorf), a Family day ticket for the ice disco with ice skate rental in the Ice Arena Wolfsburg and the Participation of two people in the sports awards, which the city would like to host on June 9th in the garden hall of the palace.
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