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After achieving the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month for June, the young weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has now been awarded with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2022. She won this prestigious award after a combined vote by a panel of three sports journalists and a public vote which was held online over the past weeks. Runners up are long jumper Jeremy Zammit and paralympic rower Nick Mercieca. The first edition of this award, which took place in 2020, was also won by Tenishia Thornton and at that time, the footballer Haley Bugeja and the gymnast Tara Vella Clark were the overall runners up. At the tender age of 16, Thornton bagged an astonishing three gold medals and the title of World Youth Champion at the World Youth Championships held in June in Leon, Mexico. Competing in the women’s 55kg class, the young Maltese lifter stunned the field with a [...]

Wara li rebħet l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Ġunju, il-weightlifter żagħżugħa Tenishia Thornton rebħet l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tas-Sena 2022. Hija rebħet dan l-unur prestiġġjuż wara votazzjoni minn panel ta’ tliet ġurnalisti mħallta mal-votazzjoni tal-pubbliku, li saret onlajn matul dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat. Fit-tieni post overall ta’ dan l-unur spiċċaw il-long jumper Jeremy Zammit u l-qaddief paralimpipiku Nick Mercieca. L-ewwel unur annwali li kien fis-sena 2020 kien intrebaħ ukoll mill-weightlifter Tenishia Thornton, bil-plejer tal-futbol Haley Bugeja u l-ġinnasta Tara Vella Clark li kienu ġew bħala runners up. Il-weightlifter Maltija ta’ 16-il sena, irnexxilha tirbaħ tliet midalji tad-deheb u spiċċat fl-ewwel post ġenerali fil-kategorija tal-55kg tal-Kampjonati Dinjija taż-Żgħażagħ IWF li saru f’Ġunju f’Leon, il-Messiku. Thornton kienet qed tieħu sehem fil-kategorija tal-55 kilogramma fejn irnexxilha terfa’ 78 kilogramma fis-snatch, 100 kilogramma fil-clean & jerk għal total ta’ 178 kilogramma u kisbet rekord ġdid fil-Commonwealth u ieħor nazzjonali. F’Novembru, Thornton rebħet ukoll bħala [...]

The Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance remind the public that voting for the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2022 is underway. The voting campaign on the official Facebook page of Atlas Insurance started on Friday 13th January and ends on Wednesday 25th January. The young athletes that have claimed the monthly award during 2022 are now eligible to compete for the prestigious yearly award with a combined vote by the panel of journalists and the public. The journalists’ vote will carry 60% of the total outcome whilst the popular public vote will carry the other 40% of the vote casted on the official Facebook page of Atlas Insurance: www.facebook.com/atlasmalta/ The eligible athletes for the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2022 are: Jeremy Zammit (Athletics - Long Jump)  – January Nicolai Bonello (Athletics - Pole Vault) – February Kai Azzopardi (Triathlon) – March Mireya Cassar (Athletics [...]