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Alastair Chalmers has been recognised as the outstanding performer of 2024 at the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards.
The 400m hurdler qualified for the Paris Olympics in dramatic style, having to run under protest at the British Champs - his last chance to secure the time.
He went on to progress through the first round in Paris to qualify for the semi, something he described as a dream come true.
Now Chalmers has his eyes on making finals on the world stage including at the LA Olympics in 2028.
"I'm definitely capable of it. I just need to get it right on the day," he said during a video interview shown at the award ceremony at Beau Sejour last night.
He won the Guernsey Sports Commission Trophy.
The other winners were:
Awarded for an outstanding individual sporting achievement of the year by a boy or girl aged not less than eleven years and not more than eighteen years of age and is a resident of Guernsey.
Conor McKenna (Golf)
Awarded for the outstanding team performance of the year by a team comprised solely of Guernsey residents aged less than eighteen years of age.
Melrose Swim Team
Awarded to the year's outstanding event organiser. This can be an individual, an event team leader, club or association who organised a sporting or nautical event in Guernsey in 2024.
World Bowls Indoor Championships Organising Committee
Awarded for the outstanding team performance of the year to a team containing four or less competitors comprised solely of Guernsey residents.
Channel Islands Ladies Fours Teams (Bowls)
The Para-Sport Athlete with a Physical Impairment.
Guernsey Mobility Let's Go Boccia Team
The Para-Sport Athlete with a Learning Disability.
Jorge Gois, Dynamics Football
Awarded for the outstanding team performance of the year containing more than four competitors comprised solely of Guernsey residents.
Guernsey Senior Men's Cricket Team
Awarded to the sport or the individual from that sport who has been involved in coaching and/or development and made an outstanding contribution to that sport.
Mark Romeril (Football)
Awarded for the sportsperson making the greatest progress in the year. There is no age limit, but the person will normally be resident in Guernsey and not have won an individual Commission Trophy for the year.
Leo Carpenter (Squash)
Awarded for the outstanding individual sporting achievement of the year by a sportswoman resident in Guernsey.
Alison Merrien MBE (Bowls)
Awarded for the outstanding individual sporting achievement of the year by a sportsman resident in Guernsey.
Jason Greenslade (Bowls)
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