Danish Sports Name of the Year

The Sports Name of the Year (Danish: Årets Sportsnavn) is an annual award presented to the Danish sportsperson or team judged to have delivered the best performance of the year.

[1] In addition to the award the winner is granted a monetary prize, which as of 2019 stands at 75,000 Danish kroner.

Seven individuals (Mette Jacobsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Tom Kristensen, Caroline Wozniacki, Lasse Norman Hansen and Viktor Axelsen) have won the award twice.

The most recent winner is Jonas Vingegaard who was awarded the prize for 2022 in January 2023.

The table below lists the individuals and teams who have won Sports Name of the Year more than once.

Olympic rower Eskild Ebbesen won in 1998 and 2004
Racing driver Tom Kristensen won in 2002 and 2005
Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki won in 2010 and 2018
Cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen won in 2012 and 2020
Badminton player Viktor Axelsen won in 2017 and 2021