The Recipients and Recipients of the Bloudk Awards for the Year 2022 are Known

The central part of the event was devoted to this year's recipients of Bloudk awards and their portraits At the ceremony, the recipients of the Bloudk awards were addressed by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, the Minister of Economy, Tourism and Sport, Matjaž Han, and the chairman of the Bloudk Awards Committee, Viktor Grošelj.

In his address, Minister Matjaž Han highlighted the excellent results of Slovenian sportsmen and women: "In terms of the number of sports successes for the size of the country, we belong to the very top Slovenia has 19 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze Olympic medals.

" He emphasized the importance of sports from the point of view of national pride: "Sport connects us from childhood until the autumn of our lives It doesn't matter whether we are on the field, the ski slope, in the stands or in front of the TV screens.

Sport is the reason why we all proudly sing Zdravljica together and raise the Slovenian flags high " In addition, he pointed out that one of the tasks of the Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport will be to strengthen synergies between all three areas.

He also advocated the establishment of a stable source of funding for the development of Slovenian sports and sports infrastructure "Slovenia is an exceptional sports destination and the land of top athletes, which has a high-quality range of sports and sports products, and is a magnet for visiting foreign guests.

We also prove ourselves by organizing international sports events at the highest level, said the minister and summed up his speech with the words: "It is time to give back to sport what sport has always given to the country and to us, the Slovenians With my work and attitude, I will strive to restore the importance to sport that it deserves.

The Bloudk awards are certainly a stone in the mosaic of recognition that we can give to Slovenian athletes " He congratulated all the winners and thanked them for their achievements and the strengthening of national sports consciousness and for always taking the name of Slovenia to the world.

The committee for awarding Bloudk awards has the honorable task of awarding the highest state awards of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of sports, namely for contribution to the development of sports, for sporting achievement and for lifetime work in sports In accordance with the character and work of engineer Stanko Bloudek, the committee represents the highest ethical and moral standards, as well as integrity in sport and is a firm defender of values.

Since the independence of Slovenia, we have already had the eighth Committee for the awarding of Bloudk awards, composed of Viktor Grošelj, (chairman), Mateja Svet (vice-chairman), mag Drago Balent, Ph.

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Janez Vodičar and Jože Zidar Bloudko's AWARDS: 1.

Gloria KOTNIK for top international sports achievement 2 Žan KRANJEC for top international sports achievement 3.

Tim MASTNAK for top international sports achievement 4 Ski jumping, men's team (Peter Prevc, Timi Zajc, Cene Prevc, Lovro Kos) for the top international sports achievement Bloudko's PLAQUES: 1.

Kristjan ČEH for an important competitive achievement in sports 2 Janez HUDEJ for an important contribution to the development of Slovenian sports 3.

Boštjan MAČEK and Jasmina MAČEK for an important competitive achievement in sports 4 Maja POVŠNAR for an important competitive achievement in sport 5.

Branko RECEK for life's work in sport 6 Vladimir SITAR for significant contribution to the development of Slovenian sport 7.

Janez SLAVIČ for life's work in sport 8 .