Exciting race for the title of National Outstanding Athlete and Coach 2023

The vote for the 2023 National Outstanding Athlete and Coach is very exciting, after an excellent year for shooter Pham Quang Huy and 'hot girls' Nguyen Thuy Linh, Nguyen Thi Oanh...

Shooter Pham Quang Huy is a strong candidate for the title of National Outstanding Athlete 2023 - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

The "National Outstanding Athlete and Coach Election" was first held in 1978 to honor athletes and coaches with outstanding achievements during the year. It also served as encouragement for other athletes and coaches in the country's sports.

Pham Quang Huy vs Nguyen Thi Oanh

This year's election was conducted by email by domestic journalists and sports reporters to select 5 coaches, 10 athletes and 3 coaches, 5 disabled athletes with the most outstanding achievements of the year. 2023 marked many milestones for Vietnamese athletes in the international arena, making the election more attractive. First of all, we must mention shooter Pham Quang Huy - who "opened" the gold medal for the Vietnamese sports delegation at the 19th Asian Games. However, Pham Quang Huy will face fierce competition from many female stars of Vietnamese sports, including the "golden girl" of track and field Nguyen Thi Oanh. In 2023, Nguyen Thi Oanh won the Asian Indoor Track and Field Championship and an unprecedented 4 gold medals at the 32nd SEA Games.

Nguyen Thi Oanh had a very successful year - Photo: NH

Next, we can mention the famous badminton 'hot girl' Nguyen Thuy Linh. This was a successful year for Nguyen Thuy Linh when she entered the world top 20, won the Vietnam Open, defeated her Olympic champion opponent at the Shanghai Open. In addition, we must also mention female cyclist Nguyen Thi That - who brought home the first Olympic ticket to Paris for Vietnamese sports, 1 Asian gold medal and 1 SEA Games gold medal; athlete Bao Phuong Vinh brought home the first world billiard championship for Vietnam, ... or karate fighter Nguyen Thi Phuong with 1 gold medal at the 19th Asiad, gold medal for women's team at the 32nd SEA Games. The most impressive in terms of achievements is probably sepak takraw athlete Tran Thi Ngoc Yen. The Dong Thap girl's mark in 2023 is the world championship, 1 gold medal at the 19th Asiad, 2 gold medals at the Asian Games, 1 gold medal at the SEA Games,... The vote for the best coach is also quite attractive with names such as: Mai Duc Chung (football), Nguyen Tuan Kiet (volleyball), Park Chung Gun (shooting), Vu Ngoc Loi (athletics), Nguyen Viet Hoa (billiard), Tran Thi Vui (soccer).

The women's relay track and field team is a candidate for the title of Outstanding Sports Team - Photo: NAM TRAN

Add award category

In particular, a very notable new feature is that after 45 years of organization, this is also the first time the election has added the category "Outstanding Sports Team" to honor the athlete groups with excellent performance in team events (from 3 athletes or more). This will help the athletes in this competition not to be disadvantaged. In this category, the strong candidates are: women's football team (impressive performance at the 2023 FIFA World Cup, SEA Games 32 gold medal), women's volleyball team (Asian Club Championship gold medal, Asian Challenger gold medal; 4th place at the 19th Asiad and Asian Championship; SEA Games 32 silver medal, VTV Cup gold medal), women's 4 x 400m relay track and field team (Asian gold medal; SEA Games 32 gold medal; 4th place at the 19th Asiad),... The category of Outstanding Disabled Athlete has a strong candidate, weightlifter Le Van Cong, who won a world gold medal, a bronze medal at the 4th ASIAN Para Games and 2 gold medals at the 12th ASEAN Para Games. Competing with Le Van Cong are swimmer Le Tien Dat (4th ASIAN Paragames gold medal, 4th ASEAN Para Games 12 gold medals), chess player Pham Thi Huong (2nd ASIAN Para Games 4 silver medals, 4th ASEAN Para Games 12 gold medals),... Category of Outstanding Disabled Sports Coach including: Nguyen Dang Vien (swimming), Le Quang Thai (weightlifting), Bui Quang Vu (chess), Dang Van Phuc (athletics).

The Organizing Committee will announce the results immediately after the votes are tallied and the deadline for submitting votes from journalists and sports reporters is 12:00 on December 29. It is expected that outstanding athletes and coaches of Vietnamese sports in 2023 will be honored at the Vietnam Sports Glory program, held on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Traditional Day of Vietnam Sports (March 27, 1946 - March 27, 2024).

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