Results of the “CISM ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018" vote

BRUSSELS (BEL) - The CISM Athlete of the Year Award 2018 will be presented to an athlete, in order to identify and recognize the most significant sportive performance, allied with the promoting of CISM values and enhancing CISM visibility, considering for the eligibility, in addition, the fair play, personal empathy, discipline, respect to the rules, self-behaviour etc. The athletes eligible to run for this award are all male and female, in active military duty, who have participated in CISM events of Sports Category 1, during CISM World Military Championships or CISM World Games (Continental and Regional competitions under the appreciation of CISM General Secretariat). The period considered to evaluation is CISM Championships calendar year, from January 1st to December 31st, 2018.

For this reason, CISM HQ opened the votes to the CISM Family from December 24 to January 16. And the results are the following:

Congratulations to Senior Lieutenant Evgeniia Furman (RUS – Parachuting - 2564 votes) and Private Rafael Kamalov (RUS – Taekwondo - 4086 votes) for their first place in the internet voting!

Please note that these votes are not considered as the final results. The official selection will be proceeded by the Board of Directors Members among these two athletes (Evgeniia and Rafael) already selected by the CISM Family and the four athletes (two males and two females) that will be elected by the PCSC during the PCSC Meeting next week.

Thank you to the 17903 fans who voted for our military athletes.

(Source: CISM Media & Communication Department)