Gallhuber and Thiem are the "athletes of the year"

Two-time Olympic medalist and number seven in the world of tennis, these are the Niederösterreich athletes for the year 2018. Katharina Gallhuber and Dominic Thiem were delighted to receive the title on Thursday.

With the bronze medal in the slalom and the silver medal in the team competition, Katharina Gallhuber made a splash this year at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. His choice of sports journalists from Lower Austria was unavoidable. Aged 21 and from Göstling (Scheibbs District), he is the first athlete of the year in Lower Austria. She triumphed ahead of world vice-champion pentathlon Ivona Dadic and world champion Jessica Pilz.

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Veronika Haslinger (Managing Director Raiffeisen Holding NÖ Vienna), Ivona Dadic, Katharina Gallhuber, Sports Advisor Petra Bohuslav (from the left)

Dominic Thiem winner of the series

However, in the meantime, an old acquaintance strikes men. Dominic Thiem is elected athlete of the year for the fourth time in a row, after an exceptional season with victories in tournaments in Buenos Aires, Lyon and St. Petersburg and a place in the final of the Open de France in Paris . The 25-year-old from Lichtenwörth (Wiener Neustadt district) wins in front of table tennis player Stefan Fegerl and cyclist Patrick Konrad. "Katharina Gallhuber made the jump to the top of the world this year and what Dominic Thiem has been doing for years for Austrian tennis is really incredible," said state governor Petra Bohuslav (ÖVP).

The title "Team of the year" is the fifth surprise of the past season in the Bundesliga. Admira has convinced with strong performances and even qualified for the European Cup. The second and third places are beach volleyball players Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst, as well as women's football champion SKN St. Pölten.

First prize for the Weber pilot

The joy of the pilot Sabine Weber is particularly pleasant. The world swimming champion in Mödling is elected for the first time as a "disabled sportswoman of the year" in Lower Austria. She wins in front of Claudia Lösch and her swimming colleague Andreas Onea.

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Claudia Lösch, State Secretary Petra Bohuslav, Sabine Weber's driver, Andreas Onea (from the left)

As in the previous year, the best junior athlete from Lower Austria is the weightlifter Sarah Fischer. The 17-year-old from Rohrendorf (Krems district) has written this year with three European champion medals in the history of adult sport. Second place went to Michaela Polleres of judo club Wimpbading, third place to athlete Lena Pressler of Union St. Pölten.

Mathias Eßmeister, noe.orf.at