Award winning year for Bahrain Endurance Team

After a year of making history and winning the world’s major triathlon titles, Bahrain Endurance athletes received recognition for their achievements from sports award-giving organisations in their respective countries as well as respected long-standing triathlon publications.

Jan Frodeno became the first triathlete to be awarded Sportsman of the Year at the Sportler des Jahres gala night, beating out ski jumping world champion and overall World Cup winner Severin Freund in a vote conducted among 3,000 of Germany’s sports journalists.

Daniela Ryf was named Sportswoman of the Year at the Credit Suisse Sports Awards, edging out gymnast Giulia Steingruber in a live television vote during the awards night. Even prior to winning the historic million-dollar prize from the Nasser Bin Hamad Triple Crown series, she had already been named Athlete of the Year at the Swiss Triathlon Awards.

Frodeno and Ryf were voted Triathlete of the Year respectively by the readers of Germany’s Triathlon Magazine and male and female Long-Course Triathlete of the Year in Triathlete Magazine’s yearly feature on stand-out with Javier Gomez as Short-Course Triathlete of the Year after a historic fifth ITU World Championship win last yearand a favourite for an Olympic gold this year.

Triathlete Magazine also named the Bahrain Endurance 13 as Team of the Year, following dozens of podium finishes and course records achieved.

The team this year renews its commitment to excellence in endurance sport to promote a culture of health and wellness in the Gulf region and beyond.