Winners List (all awards and special awards)

Novice Division (Best of Division Places)

**Species:** Mouflon
**Division:** Novice – Game Heads
(First Place)
**Artist:** Tereza Majerová (CZ).

**Species:** Eurasian magpie
**Division:** Novice – Birds
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Friedbert Kiszler (DE).

**Species:** Roe Deer
**Division:** Novice – Mammals
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Daniel Lauridsen (DK).

Professional Division (Best of Category Places)

There must be at least 90 out of 100 points achieved, so it can happen that in some categories not all or even no places were given out.

**Species:** Flame-faced Tanager
**Division:** Professional – Small Birds
(First Place)
**Artist:** Christel v. Ommen-Verdaasdonk (NL).

**Species:** Tawny Owl
**Division:** Professional – Medium Birds
(First Place)
**Artist:** Pernille Stenby (DK).

**Species:** Vinaceous-breasted Amazon
**Division:** Professional – Medium Birds
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Christel v. Ommen-Verdaasdonk (NL).

**Species:** Short-tailed Shearwater
**Division:** Professional – Medium Birds
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Mariia Reznikova (RU).

**Species:** Harris’s Hawk
**Division:** Professional – Large Birds
(First Place)
**Artist:** Franklin Ebejer (MT).

**Species:** Long-eared Owl
**Division:** Professional – Birds Groups
(First Place)
**Artist:** Chase Voss (NZ).

**Species:** Beech Marten
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Small
(First Place)
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV).

**Species:** European Pine Marten
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Small
(First Place)
**Artist:** Marjolein Kramer (NL).

**Species:** European Pine Marten
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Small
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Peter Mildner (DE)

**Species:** Red Fox
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Medium
(First Place)
**Artist:** Pavel Visnak (CZ).

**Species:** Red Ruffed Lemur
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Medium
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Manuel Bianchi (AT).

**Species:** Red Fox
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Medium
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Narumi Sato (DE).

**Species:** Lion
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Large
(First Place)
**Artist:** Bohdan Vasiliev (UA).

**Species:** Eurasian lynx
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Large
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV).

**Species:** European Fallow Deer
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Large
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Philip Christensen (DK).

**Species:** Wolf
**Division:** Professional – Mammal Groups
(First Place)
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV)

**Species:** Roe Deer
**Division:** Professional – Game Heads Medium
(First Place)
**Artist:** Michiel Tilley (BE).

**Species:** Roe Deer
**Division:** Professional – Game heads Medium
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Philip Christensen (DE).

**Species:** European Roe Deer
**Division:** Professional – Game Heads Medium
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Sandro Mark (NL).

**Species:** Common Warthog
**Division:** Professional – Game Heads Large
(First Place)
**Artist:** George Weinert (CZ).

**Species:** 3 x Wolf, Roe Deer
**Division:** Professional – Mixed Groups
(First Place)
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV).

Collective Artists Division

**Species:** Epipogium aphyllum (model), Gymnopus confluens, Sorex araneus, Myodes glareolus
**Division:** Collective Artists
(First Place)
**Artists:** Sebastian Brandt (DE), Christian Blumenstein (DE).

**Species:** Seba’s Short-tailed Bats
**Division:** Collective Artists
(Second Place)
**Artist:** Berend Koch (DE), Jonas Lammerschmidt (DE).

**Species:** 2 x Raccoon and American Black Bear
**Division:** Collective Artists
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Roland Rytko (HU), István Hajdú (HU), Ken Walker (CA).

Masters Division (Best of Europe Titles)

There must be at least 90 out of 100 points achieved, so it can happen that in some categories not all or even no places were given out.

**Species:** Scarlet-faced Liocichla
**Division:** Masters – Birds
(Best of Europe)
**Artist:** Zsombor Pünkösti (HU).

**Species:** Common Moorhen
**Division:** Masters – Birds Medium
(Second in Europe)
**Artist:** Pavel Visnak (CZ).

**Species:** Black-throated Laughingthrush
**Division:** Masters – Birds Small
(Third in Europe)
**Artist:** Juergen Fiebig (DE).

**Species:** Dog
**Division:** Masters – Mammals Medium
(Best in Europe)
**Artist:** John Kevenaar (NL)

**Species:** Roe Deer
**Division:** Masters – Mammals Groups
(Second in Europe)
**Artist:** Kenneth Walker (CA).

**Species:** Okapi
**Division:** Masters – Mammals Large
(Third in Europe)
**Artist:** Alwin Probst (CH).

**Species:** European Fallow Deer
**Division:** Masters – Game Heads Large
(Best in Europe)
**Artist:** Oleksandr Andriichuk (UA).

**Species:** Common Crane
**Division:** Masters – Skeletons
(Best in Europe)
**Artist:** Krisztián Albert (HU).

**Species:** West Indian Ocean Coelacanth
**Division:** Masters – Reconstructions/Scientific Models
(Best in Europe)
**Artist:** Sebastian Brandt (DE).

Division of Excellence

**Species:** Laughing kookaburra, Budgerigar
**Division:** Division of Excellence
(Third Place)
**Artist:** Robert Stein (DE).

Winners ETC® Live Contest

Birds Professional

First Place – Mohammad Islam (Germany)
Second Place – Peter Sunesen (Denmark)

Mammals Novice

First Place – Daphne Plugers (Netherlands)

Mammals Professional

First Place – Ralph Hürkamp (Germany)
Second Place – Mohammad Islam (Germany)

Winners Special Awards

Best Novice Mammal Award

Sponored by: Hunter & Co. Lorenz Frei – Hilti Germany
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Under the age of 24 years Award
Sponored by: A friendly group of Hungarian Taxidermists
For the best competitor under the age of 24 Years

**Species:** Black-headed Bunting
**Division:** Professional – Birds Small
**Artist:** Mariia Reznikova (RU).

**Species:** Rosy Starling
**Division:** Professional – Birds Small
**Artist:** Mariia Reznikova (RU).

**Species:** Hungarian Grey Cattle
**Division:** Novice – Mammals
**Artist:** Hanna Joó (HU)

**Species:** Hungarian Grey Cattle
**Division:** Novice – Game Heads
**Artist:** Hanna Joó (HU).

**Species:** Asinus
**Division:** Novice – Game Heads
**Artist:** Hanna Joó (HU).

**Species:** Patagonian Mara
**Division:** Novice – Game Heads
**Artist:** Hanna Joó (HU).

**Species:** Golden Jackal
**Division:** Novice – Mammals
**Artist:** Hanna Joó (HU).

Collective Artists – Award

Sponsored by:“Book your Hunt”
For the most impressive and well designed piece in this division chosen by two judges appointed by the sponsor

ETC®-Committee-Award

Sponsored by: The ETC Organisation
For the most educational entry

European Fish Taxidermy Award

Sponored by: Helen & Matthias Fahrni Switzerland
For the entry showing outstanding quality or innovative techniques

Hassing Taxidermy Award

Sponored by: Hassing Taxidermy, Netherlands
For the most convincing piece of art

Hungexpo Award

Sponsored by: Hungexpo Hungary
For all winners of a best in Europe Title

Karl Lange Award

Sponserd by: KL Glasaugen David Lange, Germany
Chosen from all category winners in professional division by vote of all judges

Like Nature Taxidermy supply Award

Sponsored by: Like Nature Premium Taxidermy supply
Awarded to the taxidermist with the highest scoring entries from at least three different categories

**Species:** Eurasian Magpie
**Division:** Masters – Birds Medium
**Artist:** Zsombor Pünkösti (HU).

**Species:** Hooded Crow
**Division:** Masters – Birds Medium
**Artist:** Zsombor Pünkösti (HU).

Mark Taxidermy Award

Sponsored by: Mark Buhagiar, Malta
For the most accurate and true to life bird mount in the novice division

**Species:** Great Horned Owl
**Division:** Novice – Birds
**Artist:** Eduardo Cruz (PT).

Most expressive Pose Award

Sponsored by: the Finnish Taxidermy Association
Chosen by the Sponsor among all entries

Mount Medix Award

Sponsored by: Mount Medix LLC, George Ferko, USA
For the most impressive entry with more than two individuals interacting of which at least one must be a mammal

Maurice Bouten Award

Sponsored by: Bouten & Zoon, Maurice Bouten, Netherlands
For the three highest scoring entries in the novice division

Schwarz Taxidermy Award

Sponsored by: Schwarz Taxidermy, Ingrid Schwarz, Austria
For the taxidermist with the highest total score for at least 4 entries in at least three different categories

**Species:** Eurasian Otter
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Medium
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV).

**Species:** American Mink
**Division:** Professional – Mammals Small
**Artist:** Janis Granats (LV).

Spitting Image Bird Award

Sponsored by: Peter Sunesen, Denmark
For the bird mount that most convincingly exhibits all the anatomical elements displayed in a photo of a live bird