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At the end of September we had an article here on the site about Heri Ziska being nominated for Leader of the Year at Dansk Atletikforbund.
Online voting has been open for several weeks. This counted for 50 per cent, and on Saturday evening at the DAF Awards the remaining 50 per cent was decided by text-message votes among those attending.
The citation Heri received said that he is ambitious, humble and obliging, with a good coaching philosophy of making young athletes good but letting it take the time it takes. He was also praised for encouraging young athletes who move to Denmark to study to keep going with athletics.
Heri was presented today with an honour and a bouquet of flowers at Tórsbreyt
When the second round of voting was over, Heri had won a fairly clear victory and was chosen as Leader of the Year at Dansk Atletikforbund. This is a huge honour to receive. Not just for Heri, but also for his club Hvirlan and for all of us in Frælsur Ítróttur Føroya. This is especially so because we Faroese are not even members of Dansk Atletikforbund, but only have a cooperation agreement.
Rigmor N. Arge, a Hvirlan member and FÍF board member, presented Heri with flowers and a commemorative picture. The chair of Hvirlan, Eyðun Jakobsen, also presented a gift.
At the same time, this is a great Danish recognition of all the work done day in, day out here at home in the Faroe Islands. We currently have two Danish senior champions, and in recent years eight different athletes have won Danish youth championship titles. It is quite clear that the Danes have noticed these results, and Heri deserves a big share of the credit for that.
Frælsur Ítróttur Føroya warmly congratulates Heri on the honour, and we hope he will still have the energy to carry on for many more years.
Heri pictured with the FÍF board. From left: Rigmor, Regin, Heri, Niels Jákup and Hallur
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