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The Olimpia Awards ((スペイン語:Premios Olimpia)) are Argentine sports awards given annually by the ' (Association of Sports Journalists) since 1954. Each trophy consists of a statue designed by sculptor Mario Chiérico. An ' (Silver Olimpia) is awarded to one of the candidates of each one of the 41 categories: association football, athletics, auto racing, basketball, Basque pelota, bocce, boxing, canoeing, cestoball, chess, cue sports, cycling, equestrianism, fencing, field hockey, futsal, golf, gymnastics, handball, horse racing, judo, motorcycling, padel tennis, Paralympic sports, pato, roller hockey (Quad), rowing, rugby union, shooting, skating, skiing, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting. Among the ' winners an ' (Golden Olimpia) is awarded to the most important sportsperson of the year. == History == The first ' was given to racing car driver Juan Manuel Fangio on 3 December 1954 at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires, and the first woman to receive the award was tennis player Norma Baylon in 1962. Other women to win the ' individually were tennis player Gabriela Sabatini in 1987 and 1988, roller skaters Nora Vega in 1995 and Andrea Noemí González in 1998, and field hockey player Cecilia Rognoni in 2002. The women's national field hockey team, known in Argentina as ', won the award collectively in 2000, becoming the only team so honored to date. Boxer Santos Laciar is the only person to receive 3 consecutive ', in 1982, 1983 and 1984, due to his conquering and retaining of the world flyweight title. Tennis player Guillermo Vilas also received 3 ', in 1974, 1975 and 1977. The only other people with consecutive ' are Sabatini〔〔 and basketball player Manu Ginóbili, who won the award by himself in 2003 and shared it in 2004. Four others have received 2 ': golfer Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967 and 1970, rower Alberto Demiddi in 1969 and 1971, Diego Maradona in 1979 and 1986, and Rognoni as a member of ' in 2000 and separately in 2002.〔 The ' has only been shared twice in its history: in 2004, when Ginóbili shared the honor with association football player Carlos Tevez,〔 and in 2008, when the award was bestowed on cyclists Juan Curuchet and Walter Pérez. The only ' (Platinum Olimpia) was awarded at the end of the 20th century to Maradona as "the best sportsperson of the century". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olimpia Award」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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