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Henrik Stenson winning the award of 2013 in January 2014
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Date | 1979 | -
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Country | Sweden |
Presented by | Sveriges Radio |
Radiosportens Jerringpris is a prize established by Radiosporten, the sport section of Sveriges Radio, voted by its radio audience who choose the Swedish athlete or team that has made the best sport performance of the year.. The prize is named after Swedish radio personality Sven Jerring. It is also called "the prize of the people", since it is the radio audience who vote.
The first prize was awarded in 1979, and the winner was the alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark, and the person who has been awarded the most times is the biathlete Magdalena Forsberg, with four awards.