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Helgi Dam Ziska Sportsman of the Year 2006 in The Faroe Islands |
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Friday, 05 January 2007 00:00 |
 The national radiostation in the Faroe Islands - `Utvarp Faroya` - held its traditional awards `Best Sport Performance Awards of the Year` in December. The expert panel had nominated the 16-year-old chess player, Helgi Dam Ziska, as top candidate for the title and the final result was, that he won the title. A great achievement and sensational, that for the first time, a chess player wins the Sportaward. Congratulations to Helgi Dam Ziska and The Faroe Islands Chess Federation. .
The national radiostation in the Faroe Islands - `Utvarp Faroya` - held its traditional awards `Best Sport Performance Awards of the Year` in December. The expert panel had nominated the 16-year-old chess player, Helgi Dam Ziska, as top candidate for the title and the final result was, that he won the title. A great achievement and sensational, that for the first time, a chess player wins the Sportaward.
(% of the total points)
1) Helgi Dam Ziska (chess) (30,00%)
2) Heidi Andreasen (swimming) (23,40%)
3) Elspa Morkore (swimming) (19,83%)
4) Katrin Olsen (rowing) (15,41%)
5) FC Thorshavn (football) (11,35%)
Helgi Dam Ziska won his first IM-norm at Politiken Cup in July 2005, the second norm in Reykjavik Open in March 2006, and the third norm in Vlissingen Open in August 2006. In 2006 he also participated in the Chess Olympiad in Turin, European Chess Championsship in Turkey and won the U16 Nordic Championship title. The youngster`s results in the past year have put chess in The Faroe Islands on the front pages in the media sport coverage. And Helgi is now topping the national rating list.
From an international context, Faroe Islands represent a very small country (approx. 50.000 inhabitans) with 326 players on their rating list. The Faroe Islands got their first (born in Faroe Island) IM in January 2006 - John Arni Nilssen. They have in recent years focused on youth-chess, where a Chess in School Project is running on its 3rd year.
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