L'Équipe Champion of Champions
L'Équipe Champion of Champions (French: Champion des champions de L'Équipe) refers to four awards presented by the daily sports newspaper L'Équipe, to female and male international sports athletes and female and male French sports athletes.
Various special awards have also been presented in the past. At the 2014 awards, former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx was awarded the title Legende des Sports (Championne des championnes de légende), while Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen also received an honorary award (Champion des champions d'honneur). French snowboarder Xavier de Le Rue won the 2014 award for best extreme athlete (Champion des champions de l'extrême).[1]
International
Year | Winner | Sport | Country |
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1980 | Eric Heiden | Speed skating | United States |
1981 | Sebastian Coe | Athletics | United Kingdom |
1982 | Paolo Rossi | Football | Italy |
1983 | Carl Lewis | Athletics | United States |
1984 | Carl Lewis (2) | ||
1985 | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | |
1986 | Diego Maradona | Football | Argentina |
1987* | |||
1988 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | Athletics | United States |
1989 | Greg LeMond | Cycling | |
1990 | Ayrton Senna | Formula One | Brazil |
1991 | Carl Lewis (3) | Athletics | United States |
1992 | Michael Jordan | Basketball | |
1993 | Noureddine Morceli | Athletics | Algeria |
1994 | Romario | Football | Brazil |
1995 | Jonathan Edwards | Athletics | United Kingdom |
1996 | Michael Johnson | United States | |
1997 | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | |
1998 | Zinedine Zidane | Football | France |
1999 | Andre Agassi | Tennis | United States |
2000 | Tiger Woods | Golf | |
2001 | Michael Schumacher | Formula One | Germany |
2002 | Michael Schumacher (2) | ||
2003 | Michael Schumacher (3) | ||
2004 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Athletics | Morocco |
2005 | Roger Federer | Tennis | Switzerland |
2006 | Roger Federer (2) | ||
2007 | Roger Federer (3) | ||
2008 | Usain Bolt | Athletics | Jamaica |
2009 | Usain Bolt (2) | ||
2010 | Rafael Nadal | Tennis | Spain |
2011 | Lionel Messi | Football | Argentina |
↓ Male and female awards separated ↓ | |||
2012 | Usain Bolt (3) | Athletics | Jamaica |
Serena Williams | Tennis | United States | |
2013 | Rafael Nadal (2) | Spain | |
Serena Williams (2) | United States | ||
2014 | Renaud Lavillenie | Athletics | France |
Katie Ledecky | Swimming | United States | |
2015 | Usain Bolt (4) | Athletics | Jamaica |
Serena Williams (3) | Tennis | United States | |
2016 | Usain Bolt (5) | Athletics | Jamaica |
Simone Biles | Gymnastics | United States | |
2017 | Rafael Nadal (3) Roger Federer (4) | Tennis | Spain Switzerland |
Katie Ledecky | Swimming | United States | |
2018 | Marcel Hirscher | Alpine skiing | Austria |
Simone Biles (2) | Gymnastics | United States | |
2019 | Rafael Nadal (4) | Tennis | Spain |
Simone Biles (3) | Gymnastics | United States | |
2020 | Lewis Hamilton | Formula One | United Kingdom |
Marte Olsbu Røiseland | Biathlon | Norway | |
2021 | Novak Djokovic | Tennis | Serbia |
Elaine Thompson | Athletics | Jamaica | |
2022 | Lionel Messi (2) | Football | Argentina |
Iga Świątek | Tennis | Poland | |
2023 | Novak Djokovic (2) | Serbia | |
Simone Biles (4) | Gymnastics | United States |
* — 1987 award taken away after doping scandal
French
References
- ^ "Lavillenie a frappé fort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- International winners
- List of L’Équipe World Champion of Champions. Who Holds the Title (2012-10-06). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
- French winners
- Loeb, Elena élus Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. L'Equipe (2009-12-26). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
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