Sports Awards of the Year 2023 |10 February 2024

Senior and young athletes finalists known

Following thorough deliberations, the selection committee for the Sports Awards of the Year 2023 selection committee has revealed the names of the 30 finalists in both male and female senior categories, as well the young male and female divisions.

For the 2023 awards, sports federations and associations had the opportunity to nominate five athletes in order of preference – one to five – in the senior male and female categories. In the young male and female categories, sports federations and associations were allowed to nominate three athletes – one to three.

It is was on January 31 that the nominees were shortlisted to 10 finalists in the senior male and female categories, while in the young athletes categories, there are five finalists in both the male and female classes.

It is to note that the last time the Sports Awards of the Year crowning ceremony was held was in 2020 to reward the best athletes for the sporting year 2019.

The traditional award ceremony will take place on March 1 at the National Sports Council (NSC) Hall.

Today Sports NATION brings you the male senior and young finalists.

Male senior finalists

Iven Moïse – Athletics

Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: 5000m – Gold medal (15:52.01)
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: 10,000m – Gold medal (31:09.25)
City Marathon Kenya: 10,000m – Ranked 148th (32:21.07)
9es Jeux de la Francophonie, Kinshasa, Congo: 5000m ranked 5th (14:39.16)

Keddy Agnes – Boxing

African Championship in Cameroon: Silver medal after losing the final by retirement
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Gold medal after winning the final by RSC in the first round
Olympic qualification Senegal: Bronze medal after losing in the semifinal on points

Dashiel Fanchette – Boxing

Victoria Open – May 20, 2023 (Winner)
Victoria Open – June 24, 2023 (Winner)
African Championship in Cameroon: Lost in the preliminaries by RSC
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Gold medal after winning on points

Simon Bachman – Swimming

Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Gold medal in 200m individual medley
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Gold medal in 200m butterfly
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Gold medal in 400m individual medley
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Silver medal in 200m freestyle
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 100m butterfly
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 400m freestyle
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 4x100m freestyle relay
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 4x100m medley relay
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 4x100m mixed relay
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal in 4x200m freestyle relay

Nantenaina Finesse – Judo

Curtain-raiser: Gold medal
National Championship: Gold medal
Grand Anse Praslin Open: Gold medal
Commonwealth Championship in South Africa: Gold medal

Richard Ah-Weng – Karate

World Full Contact Kyokushin – RYU Tournament Philippines: Bronze medal (Joint 3rd place in the 85kg category).

Dominic Dugasse – Judo

Curtain Raiser: Gold medal
Commonwealth Championship South Africa: Silver medal
Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar: Bronze medal

Wallace Dorasamy – Bodybuilding

British championship pro qualifier, Manchester, United Kingdom: Bodybuilding Open class – Gold medal
British championship pro qualifier, Manchester, United Kingdom: Classic physique – silver medal
Pro-Qualifier, Cape Town, South Africa: Bodybuilding Open class – Gold medal
Pro-Qualifier, Cape Town, South Africa: Classic Physique – 5th position

Rick Confiance – Weightlifting

Open Championship – Three national records in the 85kg category: Snatch: 121kg, Clean and jerk: 145kg, Total: 266kg

Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) Madagascar – Three silver medals in the 73Kg category (Snatch: 121kg, clean and jerk: 145kg, Total: 266kg)

William Weidner – Golf

MCB Open – Mauritius: Second in the Pro division (4th overall)
Seychelles Golf Federation Order of Merit - First
ABSA Open - First
ABSA Open – Season: Summer and winter - First
Harry Savy Insurance Open - First
MCB Monthly – Winner for seven months

Young male finalists

Jishin Jins – Karate

World Tang Soo Do Association (WTSDA) Region 14 Championship held in Maputo, Mozambique: Two gold and one silver medal.
Winner of the Senior GUP Trophy in the male category.

Kyan Francourt – Karate