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Samuel Balaz, Denis Mysak, Csaba Zalka and Adam Botek were silver medallists of the Munich 2022 European Championships in men’s K4 500 metres event, and were just outside the podium at World Championships in Canada, finishing behind Spain, Germany and Ukraine. This earned them third position in the Slovak athlete of the year awards.

 

115 sports journalists and members of the Club of Sports Editors voted in the poll. 45 individuals and 12 teams received votes.

 

Ahead of Slovak K4 was the national ice hockey team and Slovan Bratislava Football team. Men’s C1 canoe slalom team was 5^th and women’s C1 team 7^th.

 

In the polling of individual athletes canoe slalom paddler Alexander Slafkovsky finished seventh thanks to his silver medal from World Championships. He was among the top 10 already in 2013, 2017 and 2018. European Champion Eliska Mintalova was 12^th, Zuzana Pankova 26^th and Bianka Sidova 43^rd. The best athlete of the year is alpine skier Petra Vlhova, hockey player Juraj Slafkovsky is second and athlete Jan Volko third.