Nordic Combined Awards - and the winners are...

As every year, the Nordic Combined Awards taken place on the last evening of the season. The winners received their awards in a ceremony at Schonach's Haus des Gastes, which  also included a performance by the athlete band consisting of Bernhard Gruber and Ilkka Herola. The celebrations concluding the season 2018/19 continued with a set by DJ Marco Mzee.

10 international journalists from nine countroes, working for TV and online, voted on their personal favourites in five categories. New this year: a public vote, in which over 1000 fans selected their favourites completed the voting process with one additional vote in each category. Find the winners and the exact votes below:

Athlete of the Year:

male
Jarl Magnus Riiber 10 votes + public vote = 11

female
Tara Geraghty-Moats 10 votes + public vote = 11

Rookie of the Year:
Johannes Lamparter (AUT) 7 votes + public vote = 8
Jens Lurås Oftebro 3 votes

Coach of the Year:
Christoph Eugen / Christoph Bieler / Jochen Strobl 5 votes + public vote = 6
Kristian Hammer / Peder Sandell 3 votes
Hermann Weinbuch / Ronny Ackermann / Kai Bracht 1 vote
Takanori Kohno / Takashi Kitamura 1 vote

Moment of the Year
Ilkka Herola & Eero Hirvonen end an almost ten year streak without a victory for Finnish team in Lahti: 4 votes + public vote = 5
Eric Frenzel’s surprise gold medal coup in Seefeld 4 votes
Mario Seidl turns the TRIPLE on the last day 1 vote

FIS Fairplay Award
Eero Hirvonen (FIN) - for his assistance with Bernhard Gruber's shoe problem during the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Seefeld (AUT)

Unluckiest Athlete of the Year
Leevi Mutru (FIN)