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She is one of the world’s best volleyball players.
After an unparalleled season last year in which she lined up successes, Isabelle Haak now joins a unique group of people who receive the Victoria prize.
“It’s really honouring,” says this year’s prize winner.
Isabelle Haak accounted for a perfect season last year. Her Italian team Imoco Volley became Champions League champions, and in the final Haak was the top scorer and named the match’s most valuable player.
In addition, her team won both the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa and became Italian champions.
Haak’s fine price
The 24-year-old’s impressive efforts on the volleyball court are now being rewarded with the Victoria prize.
“It is truly an honor to receive this prestigious award. I’m actually a little shocked, but at the same time it’s of course very funny that the sport of volleyball, which is a small sport in Sweden, is being noticed in this way,” says Haak in a press release.
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With the award, Haak joins an impressive crowd. Stars that Ingemar Stenmark, Magdalena Forsberg and Carolina Klüft has previously received the Victoria Prize.
“Isabelle Haak is a world star, a giant in volleyball and one of our truly great Swedish athletes. Her season in Italy was magical, she won everything there was to win,” says Stephan Rimerresponsible for Victoria Days.
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The prize is awarded by Crown Princess Victoria during Victoria Day in Borgholm on 14 July.
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About the Victoria Prize:
The Victoria Prize, formerly the Victoria Scholarship, has been awarded every year since 1979. In the first year, the prize went to Ingemar Stenmark. Here are the ten most recent winners:
2024: Isabelle Haak, volleyball
2023: Erik Karlsson, ice hockey
2022: Ebba Årsjö, alpine
2021: Nils van der Poel, skating
2020: Armand Duplantis, pole vault
2019: Hanna Öberg, biathlon
2018: Stina Nilsson, skis
2017: Jenny Rissveds, bicycle
2016: Henrik Lundqvist, ice hockey
2015: Sarah Sjöström, swimming
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