Nominated for Athlete of the Year 2023 in Denmark
November 15 2023: Magnus Ditlev is among the first 5 and a total of 15 nominees for the most prestigious Danish sports award: Danish Athlete of the Year 2023, for his world best time at the full iron-distance at Challenge Roth in June (7:24:40) and for the first Danish Podium at the IRONMAN World Championships in 16 years, with his 3rd place finish in Nice.
The other of the first 5 nominees, are: Badminton player Viktor Axelsen, cyclist Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig, the Danish 4.000m team pursuit team and dressage rider, Nanne Merrild.
The other 10 nominees:
- Jonas Vingegaard, cycling
- Men's national handball team
- Mads Pedersen, cycling
- Holger Rune, tennis
- Anne-Marie Rindom, sailing
- Emma Aastrand Jørgensen, kayak
- Nicolai Højgaard, golf
- Anders Skaarup and Kim Astrup, badminton
- Alexander Hillhouse, para swimming
- Amalie Didriksen, track cycling
Edit January 6 2024: The top-3 were Men's handball team (winner), Jonas Vingegaard and Viktor Axelsen.