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Swimmer Anh Vien won the Vietnam´s Best Athlete 2015 title
VIETNAM SPORTS
Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien was voted as the Vietnam´s Best Athlete in year 2015 for her great performance last year. Anh Vien won 1,031 votes in a poll that gathered 160 sports correspondents, reported at January 13.
At the 28th SouthEast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore last year, she won eight gold medals and broke eight SEA Games records.
At the 28th SouthEast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore last year, she won eight gold medals and broke eight SEA Games records.
She also won one silver and one bronze at the International Swimming Federation World Cup in Russia; one gold, one silver and one bronze at the Military World Games in the Republic of Korea; and seven gold, five silver and one bronze medals at the Southeast Asia Age Group Swimming Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Runners-up to the swimmer were runner Nguyen Thi Huyen, tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh.
Swimming coach Dang Anh Tuan was named the best coach of the year, followed by Vu Ngoc Loi (athletics) and Huynh Huu Chi (weightlifting).
The poll was organized by the The thao Viet Nam (Vietnam Sports) newspaper.
The gala night will be held on March 25, 2016.
Runners-up to the swimmer were runner Nguyen Thi Huyen, tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh.
Swimming coach Dang Anh Tuan was named the best coach of the year, followed by Vu Ngoc Loi (athletics) and Huynh Huu Chi (weightlifting).
The poll was organized by the The thao Viet Nam (Vietnam Sports) newspaper.
The gala night will be held on March 25, 2016.
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