Swimmer Anh Vien received the title of Outstanding Athlete of 2017

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, who won 8 gold medals at the 29th SEA Games and 2 gold medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, has just been awarded the title of National Outstanding Athlete of 2017.

At the 2017 National Athletes, Coaches, and Disability Athletes and Coaches voting ceremony held this evening in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Anh Vien was named No. 1 Athlete by many sports reporters.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien previously became the typical Vietnamese athlete of 2017.

Anh Vien's achievements of successfully defending 8 SEA Games gold medals, breaking 3 SEA Games records in Malaysia; 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, breaking records at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games have not reached the world level. However, in the basic Olympic sport of swimming, Anh Vien is the first Vietnamese athlete to achieve such brilliant achievements.

Sports reporters in Ho Chi Minh City participate in voting for outstanding athletes.

The runner-up is world champion Thach Kim Tuan (weightlifting). Thach Kim Tuan had a very successful year with 3 world gold medals, SEA Games gold medal, Asian Indoor Games and Martial Arts gold medal.

Meanwhile, "Queen of Speed" Le Tu Chinh ranked 3rd. For the first time participating in the SEA Games, Tu Chinh immediately scored a hat-trick of gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m distance (breaking the record). Tu Chinh's performance in 2017 was also impressive, such as the gold medal at the Thailand Open, silver medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. More importantly, athletics and swimming are basic Olympic sports, attracting the attention of many people.

List of Outstanding Athletes of 2017.

Other athletes named in the top 10 outstanding athletes include Le Thanh Tung (ranked 4th, World Cup gold medal, Asian gold medal, 3 SEA Games gold medals in gymnastics), Le Quang Liem (ranked 5th, chess, hat-trick of gold medals at AIMAG 2017), Nguyen Thi Huyen (ranked 6th, 3 SEA Games 29 athletics gold medals), Bui Thi Thu Thao (ranked 7th, long jump gold medal in athletics at SEA Games 29), Duong Thuy Vi (ranked 8th, 2 SEA Games gold medals, world gold medal), Nguyen Huu Kim Son (ranked 9th, SEA Games swimming gold medal), Trinh Van Vinh (ranked 10th, world weightlifting gold medal, Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games gold medal, SEA Games gold medal).

Thach Kim Tuan had a very successful year and ranked second.

In the category of Outstanding Disabled Athlete, weightlifter Le Van Cong had no rivals when winning gold medals, breaking world records, gold medals, and breaking ParaGames records, so he was awarded the Best Disabled Athlete of the Year. Le Van Cong's coach, Nguyen Hong Phuc, ranked second in the vote as Outstanding Coach. The first place was coach Mai Duc Chung, who contributed to bringing the Vietnamese women's team the gold medal at the 29th SEA Games.

According to TNO