Sportsperson of the Year (Slovakia)

Sportsperson of the Year (Slovak: Športovec roka) is a trophy awarded to the best Slovak athletes by the Club of Sports Journalists of the Slovak Syndicate of Journalists. The trophy was founded in 1993, following the annual award Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year, which was finished after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.^[1]

So far the individual trophy has been awarded to 18 different athletes, among which there were 11 men and 7 women (as of 2025). The most successful athletes were Martina Moravcová (swimmer), who achieved it 6 times, Michal Martikán (slalom canoeist), who won it 4 times, and Petra Vlhová (alpine skier), who also won it 4 times. The team trophy has been achieved by teams of 10 different sports disciplines (as of 2025). The most successful were K4 kayakers, who received it 8 times, ice hockey players, who won it 6 times, and football players, who also won it 6 times.