Darja Varfolomeev (GER) |
Europe's biggest sports magazine honoured outstanding athletes with the ‘SPORT-BILD Award’ for the 22nd time in Hamburg. / Germany.
Among those honoured in nine different categories, 17-year-old rhythmic gymnastics shooting star Darja VARFOLOMEEV received the honorary title of ‘STAR OF THE YEAR’.
As the first German Olympic champion in her discipline, she shone in Paris despite the enormous pressure as the favourite and five-time world champion from the previous year and was the first medal contender to defeat her fellow competitors with supreme difficulty, astounding precision and charm, crowning her career to date with the gold medal.