It is that time of year once again. The time of year when sports people that we all support throughout the year are rewarded. This years candidates have been announced, they are on the radio being promoted so what you need to do is go and vote for one of the following candidates for SA’s Sports Star of the Year!
Cassius Baloyi
After losing to Garry Sinclair in an IBF junior lightweight title eliminator on November 12, Cassius Baloyi bounced back to regain the IBF world junior lightweight crown after out pointing highly-rated Mzonke Fana at the University Sports Complex in Mafikeng on April 12.
The victory saw him making history by bringing to six, his world title championships since fighting professionally in 1994.
So far he has made one defense to his crow after sensationally knocking out Javier Osvaldo Alvarez on September 13, and is now on the verge of registering his name in history books when he unifies his title with a WBC title next month.
Oscar Pistorius
On 9 December 2007, Oscar Pistorius was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, which is awarded for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity.
In May 2008, Pistorius made the “2008 TIME 100″ – Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people – appearing third in the “Heroes & Pioneers” section.
Pistorius won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
Trevor Immelman
Regarded as one of the most consistent yet underrated South African golfers, Trevor Immelman‘s achievements in the past 12 months could not have come at a better time.
He took the highly sought-after Nedbank Golf Challenge last year and Sunshine Tour’s Order of Merit last year and this year he scooped US Masters, a feat that improved his world ranking to 12.
A year ago he was lying in a hospital bed, after having a tumour the size of a golf ball removed from between his lungs and diaphragm, but that blow did not stop him from standing up an be counted among the top 20 golfers in the world.
He could next month walk away with the Sportsman of the Year Award during the South African Sports Awards.
Khotso Mokoena
He saved South Africa’s dignity during the recent Beijing Olympics by being the lone athlete to scooped a medal during in the summer Olympics.
The victory will see Khotso Mokoena being forever cherished by the sports-loving rainbow nation after winning silver in the men’s long jump division.
He was 10cm behind winner Irving Saladinho of Panama, jumping 8.24m to the winner’s 8.34m.
The conquest has earned him a nomination in this year’s SA Sports Awards’ Sportsman of the Year category.
The ceremony takes place in Bloemfontein on November 28.
Natalie du Toit
Natalie Du Toit carried the country’s flag at the Beijing Olympic Games, making her the first disabled athlete to have this honour in an able-bodied Olympics. She also carried the flag at the 2008 Paralympics Opening Ceremony.
On 3 May 2008, Du Toit qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after finishing fourth in the 10km open water race at the Open Water World Championships in Seville, Spain. Her time was only 5.1 seconds off the winner in a race that made its first Olympic appearance in Beijing.
At the Beijing Olympics, she finished in 16th place, 1:22.2 minutes behind the winner. She also took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning 5 Gold Medals.
What you need to now do is head over to the SASportsAwards website and VOTE!!!
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