Elaine Thompson-Herah was named 2022 Laureus World Sportswomen of the year at the digital awards ceremony in Seville on Sunday, April 24, 2022.
The back-to-back Olympic sprint doubles champion became the first Jamaican female to win the award.
Thompson-Herah, who claimed the World Female Athlete of the Year honour at the World Athletics Awards 2021, has gained the prestigious Laureus prize following an Olympic treble title-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She is now a five-time Olympic gold medallist, having added titles in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Tokyo to the 100m and 200m gold medals she gained in Rio in 2016.
She also ran world-leading times of 10.54 for 100m and 21.53 for 200m during 2021, moving to second on the world all-time lists and going close to the long-standing world records.
Thompson-Herah was named winner of the sportswoman of the year honour from a list of nominees that also included US sprint great Allyson Felix. Kenyan marathon ace Eliud Kipchoge was one of six nominees for the men’s award, won by Formula One world champion Max Verstappen.
Sprint icon, Usain Bolt, won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award in 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2017.
Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas and Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra were among the nominees for the breakthrough award, won by tennis star Emma Raducanu following her US Open victory at the age of 18.
Swiss wheelchair racer Marcel Hug was named Laureus world sportsperson of the year with a disability for the second time after winning four gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m, and marathon. He also set a world record in the 1500m and a Paralympic Record in the 5000m and won the Berlin, New York, and Boston marathons.
The Laureus Awards showcase the work of Laureus Sport for Good, which uses the power of sport to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage, proving that sport can change the world. The winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards are voted for by the 71 legends of the Laureus World Sports Academy.
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