Thyis Antonelli wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2023
Karate athlete Thyis Antonelli has been crowned Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year 2023 after winning the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award back in August. Thyis Antonelli won the prestigious award through the combined vote of a panel of three sports journalists and a public vote that was held online over the previous weeks. This is the first time she won the yearly award. Track and field athlete Graham Pellegrini and triathlete Liam Daly were voted runners up. Previous winners of this annual award are Tenishia Thornton in 2020 and 2022, and Haley Bugeja in 2021. Thyis Antonelli emerged as a prominent athlete at the second edition of the International Sport School Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade 2023 Games held between the 21st and 27th August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 2000 athletes aged between 13 and 15 years competed in 18 disciplines in what is [...]


