The 2023 athlete of the year is Mária Érdi, a world-champion sailor, while the 2023 athlete of the year for women is Dominik Szoboszlai, a football player for Liverpool and captain of the Hungarian national team. These selections were made by the Hungarian Sports Journalists’ Association (MSÚSZ).

At the Athlete of the Year banquet on Monday night in the Opera House, the results of the 66th voting were revealed.

The men’s football team won the year’s best in traditional team sports, much like the previous year; however, the men’s sword team won individual sports team events. The national football team’s captain, Marco Rossi, repeated as the most voted coach, building on his victory from the previous year.

Pál Schmitt, a two-time Olympic champion duelist, Athlete of the Nation, former president of the Republic, honorary president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and former member of the International Olympic Committee, accepted the MSÚSZ Lifetime Achievement Award.