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Only a few hours left to vote for the Best Athletes of 2016


LAUSANNE, December 27, 2016 – Just like every year, AIPS has opened its end-of-the-year poll to choose the very best of sport in 2016.
The poll is now open on the AIPS website where members of the media can vote for the Best Athletes, Teams, and Press Facility of 2016 according to AIPS.
You can vote here for those that impressed most in 2016 or by clicking on the top of the AIPS homepage where you can see the banner “VOTE for the champions 2016”.
Voting for the AIPS Best of 2016 will close on December 28 at Midnight CET.
Best Male Athlete
BOLT USAIN, Athletics, Jamaica
CANCELLARA FABIAN, Cycling, Switzerland
CURRY STEPHEN, Basketball, USA
DA SILVA SANTOS JUNIOR NEYMAR, Football, Brazil
DEL POTRO JUAN MARTIN, Tennis, Argentina
DJOKOVIC NOVAK, Tennis, Serbia
EATON ASHTON, Athletics, USA
FROOME CHRIS, Cycling, UK
HIRSHER MARCEL, Alpine Ski, Austria
KIPCHOGE Eliud, Athletics, Kenya
LEBRON JAMES, Basketball, USA
MARQUEZ MARC, MotoGP, Spain
MESSI LIONEL, Football, Argentina
MO FARAH, Athletics, Great Britain
MURRAY Andy, Tennis, Great Britain
PHELPS MICHAEL, Swimming, USA
RINER TEDDY, Judo, France
RONALDO CRISTIANO, Football, Portugal
ROSBERG NICO, Formula 1, Germany
RUDISHA DAVID, Athletics, Kenya
TEODOSIC MILOS, Basketball, Serbia
UCHIMURA KOHOI, Gymnastics, Japan
VAN NIEKERK WAYDE, Athletics, South Africa
Best Female Athlete
AYANA ALMAZ, Athletics, Ethiopia
BILES SIMONE Gymnastics, USA
DIBABA GENZEBE, Athletics, Ethiopia
FELIX ALLYSON, Athletics, USA
FENNINGER ANNA, Alpine Ski, Austria
GUT LARA, Alpine Sky, Switzerland
HOSSZÚ KATINKA, Swimming, Hungary
LEDECKY KATIE, Swimming, USA
KERBER ANGELIQUE, Tennis, Germany
PERKOVIC SANDRA, Athletics, Croatia
RYF DANIELA, Triathlon, Switzerland
SCHIPPERS DAFNE, Athletics, The Netherlands
SEIXAS DE FREITAS BARBARA, Beach Volley, Brazil
SHIFFRIN MIKAELA, Alpine Ski, USA
SILVA RAFAELA, Judo, Brazil
SJOSTROM SARAH, Swimming, Sweden
TROTT LAURA, Cycling, UK
WILLIAMS SERENA, Tennis, USA
Best Team
ARGENTINA DAVIS CUP TEAM – TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN MEN’S TEAM - FIELD HOCKEY
Australia Men’s - Rugby 7’s
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SEVENS RUGBY TEAM
BARCELONA FC – FOOTBALL
Brasil Men’s team - Beach Volley
CHICAGO CUBS - BASEBALL
CHINA Women's Team – Volleyball
CROATIA double scull (Sinkovic brothers) - Rowing
CZECH REPUBLIC – Tennis Fed Cup
FRANCE Men's Team - Football
GERMANY Women's Team - Beach Volley
LEICESTER CITY FC– Football
NETHERLANDS Women's Team– Field Hockey
PORTUGAL Men's Team - Football
REAL MADRID FC – Football
RUSSIA Women's Team – Handball
SERBIA Women's Team – Basketball
SERBIA Women's Team– Volleyball
SERBIA Men's Team – Waterpolo
SPAIN Men's Team– Basketball
USA Men's Team –Basketball
USA Team - Gymanstics
Best Press Facilities
BIATHLON WORLD CUP IN RUHPOLDING
FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP JORDAN
FINA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON
GIRO D’ITALIA
IAAF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
TOUR DE FRANCE
UEFA EURO 2016
WIMBLEDON 2016
The poll is now open on the AIPS website where members of the media can vote for the Best Athletes, Teams, and Press Facility of 2016 according to AIPS.
You can vote here for those that impressed most in 2016 or by clicking on the top of the AIPS homepage where you can see the banner “VOTE for the champions 2016”.
Voting for the AIPS Best of 2016 will close on December 28 at Midnight CET.
Best Male Athlete
BOLT USAIN, Athletics, Jamaica
CANCELLARA FABIAN, Cycling, Switzerland
CURRY STEPHEN, Basketball, USA
DA SILVA SANTOS JUNIOR NEYMAR, Football, Brazil
DEL POTRO JUAN MARTIN, Tennis, Argentina
DJOKOVIC NOVAK, Tennis, Serbia
EATON ASHTON, Athletics, USA
FROOME CHRIS, Cycling, UK
HIRSHER MARCEL, Alpine Ski, Austria
KIPCHOGE Eliud, Athletics, Kenya
LEBRON JAMES, Basketball, USA
MARQUEZ MARC, MotoGP, Spain
MESSI LIONEL, Football, Argentina
MO FARAH, Athletics, Great Britain
MURRAY Andy, Tennis, Great Britain
PHELPS MICHAEL, Swimming, USA
RINER TEDDY, Judo, France
RONALDO CRISTIANO, Football, Portugal
ROSBERG NICO, Formula 1, Germany
RUDISHA DAVID, Athletics, Kenya
TEODOSIC MILOS, Basketball, Serbia
UCHIMURA KOHOI, Gymnastics, Japan
VAN NIEKERK WAYDE, Athletics, South Africa
Best Female Athlete
AYANA ALMAZ, Athletics, Ethiopia
BILES SIMONE Gymnastics, USA
DIBABA GENZEBE, Athletics, Ethiopia
FELIX ALLYSON, Athletics, USA
FENNINGER ANNA, Alpine Ski, Austria
GUT LARA, Alpine Sky, Switzerland
HOSSZÚ KATINKA, Swimming, Hungary
LEDECKY KATIE, Swimming, USA
KERBER ANGELIQUE, Tennis, Germany
PERKOVIC SANDRA, Athletics, Croatia
RYF DANIELA, Triathlon, Switzerland
SCHIPPERS DAFNE, Athletics, The Netherlands
SEIXAS DE FREITAS BARBARA, Beach Volley, Brazil
SHIFFRIN MIKAELA, Alpine Ski, USA
SILVA RAFAELA, Judo, Brazil
SJOSTROM SARAH, Swimming, Sweden
TROTT LAURA, Cycling, UK
WILLIAMS SERENA, Tennis, USA
Best Team
ARGENTINA DAVIS CUP TEAM – TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN MEN’S TEAM - FIELD HOCKEY
Australia Men’s - Rugby 7’s
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SEVENS RUGBY TEAM
BARCELONA FC – FOOTBALL
Brasil Men’s team - Beach Volley
CHICAGO CUBS - BASEBALL
CHINA Women's Team – Volleyball
CROATIA double scull (Sinkovic brothers) - Rowing
CZECH REPUBLIC – Tennis Fed Cup
FRANCE Men's Team - Football
GERMANY Women's Team - Beach Volley
LEICESTER CITY FC– Football
NETHERLANDS Women's Team– Field Hockey
PORTUGAL Men's Team - Football
REAL MADRID FC – Football
RUSSIA Women's Team – Handball
SERBIA Women's Team – Basketball
SERBIA Women's Team– Volleyball
SERBIA Men's Team – Waterpolo
SPAIN Men's Team– Basketball
USA Men's Team –Basketball
USA Team - Gymanstics
Best Press Facilities
BIATHLON WORLD CUP IN RUHPOLDING
FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP JORDAN
FINA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON
GIRO D’ITALIA
IAAF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
TOUR DE FRANCE
UEFA EURO 2016
WIMBLEDON 2016
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