Olimpia Award
The Olimpia Awards (Spanish: Premios Olimpia) are Argentine sports awards given annually by the Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos (Association of Sports Journalists) since 1954. Each trophy consists of a statue designed by sculptor Mario Chiérico.
An Olimpia de Plata (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 Olimpia de Plata winners an Olimpia de Oro (Golden Olimpia) is awarded to the most important sportsperson of the year.
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