Crystal Wing Awards
{{Short description|Annual Slovak award}}
{{Update|date=January 2025}}
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Krištáľové krídlo
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The Crystal Wing Awards ({{langx|sk|Krištáľové krídlo}}) in Slovakia are annual awards that recognise personal accomplishments in the areas of social, cultural, economic and public life.{{cite web|url=http://www.teraz.sk/kultura/kristalove-kridlo-2017-ziskalo-jed/304140-clanok.html|title=FOTO a VIDEO: Krištáľové krídlo 2017 získalo jedenásť osobností SR|language=sk|work=teraz.sk|date=22 January 2018|accessdate=10 August 2018}} The 20th edition of the awards, conceived by Mária Vaškovičová, was held in January 2017.{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20446307/crystal-wing-awards-for-2016-went-to-12-slovak-celebrities.html|title=Crystal Wing awards for 2016 went to 12 Slovak celebrities|work=sme.sk|date=30 January 2017|accessdate=10 August 2018}}
Categories and awards
=Philanthropy=
- 2015 – Miroslava Hunčíková{{cite web|url=http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/kristalove-kridlo-za-rok-2015-zisk/178236-clanok.html|title=Krištáľové krídlo za rok 2015 získalo jedenásť slovenských osobností|language=sk|work=teraz.sk|date=24 January 2016|accessdate=10 August 2018}}
- 2016 – Ondrej Vrábel
- 2017 – Marek Machata
- 2019 – Eva Klikáčová[https://sita.sk/kristalove-kridlo-si-odniesli-kukura-aj-vlhova-mimoriadnu-cenu-udelili-dvom-osobnostiam-foto/?fbclid=IwAR0KKrAHqXKgu9IAt5-B-g5kQJ9evzbIH3RLcG5L74Gy7DDaC0iUPeRwHAw Sita News website, The crystal wing was won by Kukura and Vlhová, a special prize was awarded to two personalities, article dated February 2, 2020]
- 2021 – Eva Gažová [https://www.specialolympics.org/about/board-of-directors/eva-gazova Special Olympics website, Eva Gazova][https://rona.glass/company/crystal-wing-award/ Rona Glass website, Crystal Wing Award]
=Sport=
- 2015 – Matej Tóth
- 2016 – Ladislav Škantár and Peter Škantár
- 2017 – {{ill|Peter Hámor|sk}}
- 2019 – Petra Vlhová
- 2021 – Štefan Svitko[https://www.hurricane-event.com/portfolio/kristalove-kridlo-za-rok-2021 Hurricane Events website, Crystal Wing Awards 2021]
- 2024 – Martin Vaculik[https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/prestigious-crystal-wing-award-for-slovakian-hero-vaculik Film Speedway website, Prestigious Crystal Wing award for Slovakian hero Vaculik]
=Journalism and Literature=
- 2015 – {{ill|Veronika Šikulová|sk}}
- 2016 – {{ill|Daniel Hevier|sk}}
- 2017 – Dagmar Mozolová
- 2018 – Etela Farkašová{{cite web |title=Etela Farkašová |url=https://kristalovekridlo.sk/laureat/etela-farkasova/ |website=Krištáľové krídlo |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=sk-SK}}
- 2019 – Rudolf Dobiáš
- 2020 – Marián Andričík[https://www.upjs.sk/filozoficka-fakulta/en/actuality/kristalovekridlo2020-gratulacia-dekankyff/ Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice website]
=Economy=
- 2015 – Jozef Barcaj
- 2016 – Štefan Máj
- 2017 – Vladimír Bakeš
- 2020 – Branislav Cvik and Ľubomír Vančo
=Music=
- 2015 – {{ill|Štefan Kocán|sk}}
- 2016 – Dalibor Karvay
- 2017 – Rastislav Štúr
- 2020 – Juraj Griglák
=Rock pop jazz=
- 2015 – Szidi Tobias
- 2016 – Igor Timko
- 2017 – Celeste Buckingham
- 2020 – Sima Martausová
=Medicine and science=
- 1997 – Eva Siracká
- 1998 – Miroslav Urban
- 1998 – Alica Kapellerová
- 1998 – Milan Zaviačič
- 1999 – Lev Bukovský
- 1999 – Jozef Mašura
- 2000 – Hedviga Zajacová, Pavel Traubner, Jaroslav Siman, and Štefan Luby
- 2001 – Ján Slezák and Ivan Kraus
- 2002 – Daniel Ježová
- 2003 – Ján Danko
- 2004 – Ivan Hulín
- 2005 – Silvia Pastoreková
- 2006 – Martin Mistrík
- 2007 – Karol Pieta
- 2008 – Mária Šustrová
- 2009 – Ján Breza
- 2010 – Mária Frankovičová
- 2011 – František Simančik
- 2012 – Oľga Červeňanová
- 2013 – Marián Janák
- 2015 – Igor Lacík
- 2016 – Michal Mego
- 2017 – Lukáš Plank
- 2018 – Michal Hulman
- 2019 – Róbert Hatala
- 2020 – Boris Klempa, Pavol Čekan
- 2021 – Peter Šimko
- 2022 - Richard Imrich[https://www-old.ucm.sk/en/news/detail/3250/ University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava website, Crystal wing award for doc. MUDr. Richard Imrich, DrSc.]
- 2024 – Jurai Payer[https://uniba.sk/en/news-detail/browse/12/back_to_page/aktuality-1/article/dekan-juraj-payer-mladi-doktori-chcu-pracovat-v-kvalitnych-podmienkach/calendar_date/2021/november/ Comenius University website, article dated November 2021]
=Visual arts=
- 2015 – Ivan Pavle
- 2016 – Palo Macho
- 2017 – Juraj Čutek
- 2019 – Ján Ťapák[https://enrsi.stvr.sk/articles/news/186252/crystal-wing-2019-awards-handed-out-to-their-laureates Slovenská televízia a rozhlas website, Crystal Wing 2019 awards handed out to their laureates]
- 2020 – Oto Bachorík
=Acting=
- 2015 – {{ill|Ladislav Kaboš|sk}}
- 2016 – Zuzana Mauréry
- 2017 – Tomáš Maštalír
- 2019 – Miroslav Dvorský
- 2020 – Juraj Kukura
- 2021 – Sláva Daubnerová [https://www.operan.se/en/repertoire/melancholia/artistic-team/ Kungliga Operan AB website, Artistic Team]
= Innovation and Startups =
- 2019 – Tomáš Brngál
- 2020 – Radoslav Danilak[https://www.tachyum.com/media/press-releases/2020/02/18/tachyum-ceo-dr.-danilak-won-2019-crystal-wing-in-innovation-and-startups-category/ Tachyum website, CEO Dr Danilak won 2019 Crystal Wing in Innovation and Startups Category]
- 2021 – Martin Herman [https://www.powerfulmedical.com/blog/martin-herman-receives-crystal-wing-award/ Powerful Medical website, Martin Herman receives Crystal Wing Award]
===Special Crystal Wing Award===
- 2019 – The extraordinary award for lifetime achievement was given to the doctor Kristína Križanová
- 2020 – Jozef Ciller and Ivan Vulev
- 2023 – Marika Gombitová[https://www.jeneweingroup.com/en/news_sk.php?clanok=4344 Jenewein Group website, Special Crystal Wing Award for M. Gombitová][https://www.hurricane-event.com/portfolio/crystal-wing-award-2023 Hurricane Event website, Crystal Wing Award 2023]