Vote for Nordic Combined athletes!
Oct 16, 2019·Nordic Combined
Autumn time is award season. Two athletes, last winter’s Austrian shooting star Franz-Josef Rehrl and German Junior World Champion Julian Schmid have been nominated for different prizes and rely on their fans to vote for them.
Julian Schmid is one of five German Junior World Champions up for election as the Deutsche Sporthilfe “Junior Athlete of the Year”. Next to Julian, snowboard crosser Jana Fischer, skeleton athlete Felix Kreisinger, speed skater Lukas Mann and rowing athlete Alexander Föster are nominated. Johannes Rydzek was the last German Nordic Combined athlete to win the prize in 2011, Björn Kircheisen won in 2002 and 2003.
You can vote for Julian Schmid until the 26th of October here:
https://www.juniorsportlerdesjahres.de
Franz-Josef Rehrl is fighting for the trophy in the category “Rising Star of the Year” at the Austrian “Athlete of the Year” Awards. Rehrl’s fellow nominees are Verena Preiner (track and field) and Alexander Schlager (football). The winner will be announced at the Austrian Sporthilfe Gala on October 31st in Vienna.
You can vote for Franz-Josef here.
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