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Ceremony date December 18, 2016, 3:00 AM PST Winners Damir Martin, Damir Martin, Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Branko Radičević, Branko Radičević, Award for Fair Play, Award for Fair Play, Bruno KovačevićGnothi Seauton - To Know Thyself, Bruno Kovačević, Media Representation of Croatian Sport, Media Representation of Croatian Sport, Neven Bertičević, Neven Bertičević, Media Representation of Croatian Sport, Media Representation of Croatian Sport, Sandra Perković, Sandra Perković, Sportswoman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Croatia women's national paralympic table tennis team, Croatia women's national paralympic table tennis team, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Valent Sinković, Valent Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Martin Sinković, Martin Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Ivan Rakitić, Ivan Rakitić, Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Drago Vuković, Drago Vuković, Award for Fair Play, Award for Fair Play, Sandra Perković, Sandra Perković, Sportswoman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Croatia women's national karate team, Croatia women's national karate team, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Valent Sinković, Valent Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Martin Sinković, Martin Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Marin Čilić, Marin Čilić, Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Krešimir Kranjčina, Krešimir Kranjčina, Award for Fair Play, Award for Fair Play, Sandra Perković, Sandra Perković, Sportswoman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Valent Sinković, Valent Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Croatia women's national crossbow field team, Croatia women's national crossbow field team, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Martin Sinković, Martin Sinković, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Mario Mandžukić, Mario Mandžukić, Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Hana Dragojević, Hana Dragojević, Award for Fair Play, Award for Fair Play, Croatia Men's quadruple sculls team, Croatia Men's quadruple sculls team, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Sandra Perković, Sandra Perković, Sportswoman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Croatia women's national karate team, Croatia women's national karate team, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Giovanni Cernogoraz, Giovanni Cernogoraz, Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Antea Šimleša, Antea Šimleša, Award for Fair Play, Award for Fair Play, Croatia women's national handball team, Croatia women's national handball team, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Women's Sports Team of the Year, Sandra Perković, Sandra Perković, Sportswoman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Croatia men's national water polo team, Croatia men's national water polo team, Men's Sports Team of the Year, Men's Sports Team of the Year | ||
Sportske novosti awards (Croatian: Nagrade Sportskih novosti) refer to annual sports awards given by Sportske novosti, a Zagreb-based Croatian daily sports newspaper. The awards originated in the 1950s and went on to become one of the most prestigious Croatian awards in sports. The winners are decided by polling sports journalists.
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History
Sportske novosti was founded in 1945 and it first began awarding the Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year and Yugoslav Sportswoman of the Year awards in 1950 for greatest achievements in Yugoslav sports. The award, one of several Yugoslav national-level sporting awards, was given every year between 1950 and 1990, when it was discontinued due to the breakup of Yugoslavia.
In 1952, the newspaper had launched a parallel award for Croatian athletes which honored best sporting achievements by sportsmen and sportswomen hailing from SR Croatia (1952–90) and later Croatia (1990–present). Winners of both the defunct Yugoslav awards and the present-day Croatian awards are selected through a poll of sports journalists from around the country who are members of the Croatian Association of Sports Journalists (Hrvatski zbor sportskih novinara), which was itself established in 1949. Award winners in both categories are collectively referred to as the "Golden Roll" (Zlatna lista).
The current award is considered one of the most prestigious Croatian national sporting awards, along with the annual awards handed out by the Croatian Olympic Committee. In 1990 the categories for Men's Sports Team of the Year (Momčad godine) and Women's Sports Team of the Year (Ekipa godine) for notable achievements in team sports were introduced.
Yugoslav competition (1950–1990)
Athlete also won the Croatian Sportsperson of the Year award.Statistics
This table lists the total number of awards for individual sportsmen and sportswomen by recipients' sporting profession.