Skieur d'Or Award

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This is an annual award given out in October before the start of each new ski race season. Votes are cast by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists (the AIJS) and are based on the performances for the previous winter season. There's only one award so members can vote for either male or female skiers. The award has been presented since 1963 and is also known as the Serge Lang Trophy after the founder of the FIS World Cup and former president of the AIJS - Serge Lang.

List of Award Winners

Year	Winner	Country	M/F
2011	Ivica Kostelic	Croatia	M
2010	Carlo Janka	Switzerland	M
2009	Lindsey Vonn	USA	F
2008	Matthias Lanzinger	Austria	M
2007	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	M
2006	Benjamin Raich	Austria	M
2005	Bode Miller	USA	M
2004	Hermann Maier	Austria	M
2003	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	M
2002	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	M
2001	Janica Kostelic	Croatia	F
2000	Kjetil Andre Aamodt	Norway	M
1999	Lasse Kjus	Norway	M
1998	Hermann Maier	Austria	M
1997	Luc Alphand	France	M
1996	Alberto Tomba	Italy	M
1995	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	F
1994	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	F
1993	Kjetil Andre Aamodt	Norway	M
1992	Alberto Tomba	Italy	M
1991	Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	M
1990	Petra Kronberger	Austria	F
1990	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	M
1989	Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	M
1988	Alberto Tomba	Italy	M
1987	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	M
1986	Maria Walliser	Switzerland	F
1985	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	M
1984	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	M
1983	Phil Mahre	USA	M
1982	Erika Hess	Switzerland	F
1981	Marie Theres Nadig	Switzerland	F
1980	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	F
1979	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	M
1978	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	M
1977	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	M
1976	Rosi Mittermaier	Germany	F
1975	Franz Klammer	Austria	M
1974	Gustav Thoeni	Italy	M
1973	Gustav Thoeni	Italy	M
1972	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	M
1971	Annemarie Moser-Proell	Austria	F
1970	Karl Schranz	Austria	M
1969	Karl Schranz	Austria	M
1968	Nancy Greene	Canada	F
1967	Jean-Claude Killy	France	M
1966	Karl Schranz	Austria	M
1965	Jean-Claude Killy	France	M
1964	Marielle Goitschel	France	F
1964	Christine Goitschel	France	F
1963	Egon Zimmermann	Austria	M

Most Successful Nations

Number of Awards	Country	M/F
13	Austria	M
11	Switzerland	F
5	Italy	M
5	France	M
4	Norway	M
3	Sweden	M
3	USA	M
2	Croatia	F
2	Luxembourg	M
1	Canada	M
1	Liechtenstein	M
1	Germany	M

Male Winners v Female Winners

Number of Awards	Gender
37	Male
14	Female

2011 Award

10 years after his sister Janica Kostelic was given the award following her victories in the slalom, combined and overall competitions, elder brother Ivica Kostelic was honoured with the same award in 2011. Kostelic had a fantastic 2010-11 season, including an inspired January that saw him win 7 races during the month, a record that no other skier had previously achieved. Kostelic ended the season by winning both the slalom and overall titles, and was seen as reward for the injuries he'd had to fightback from throughout his career. Kostelic was given nearly a third of the votes and got the nod over rivals Didier Cuche, Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Christof Innerhofer.

2010 Award

Carlo Janka became the first Swiss male skier for 20 years to receive the honour since Pirmin Zurbriggen won it back in 1990 as he received around half of the votes and beat off strong competition from fellow Swiss skier Didier Cuche, Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal and the American pair Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller. Aged only 23 Janka had claimed the FIS World Cup Overall title for the 2009-10 season and also took Olympic gold in the Giant Slalom at Whistler. He was given the award at Solden in October before the first race of the season.

2009 Award

American skier Lindsey Vonn became the first female skier to win the award since Croatian Janica Kostelic back in 2001. There were some big names in the mix for the award, with previous winners Hermann Maier and Aksel Lund Svindal receiving plenty of votes, along with the ever-popular Didier Cuche and young Swiss stars Carlo Janka and Daniel Albrecht. However, Vonn collected enough votes to receive the prestigious award - well deserved following her gold medals in Downhill and Super-G at the Val d'Isere World Championships along with winning the season-long FIS World Cup Downhill, Super-G and Overall competitions.