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The 35-year-old Paris St Germain forward has
previously won the award once before, sharing it with Formula
One driver Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
Messi also became the first athlete to scoop both the World
Sportsman of the Year Award and the World Team of the Year Award
in the same year.
"I was looking at the names of the incredible legends that won
the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award before me: Schumacher,
Woods, Nadal, Federer, Bolt, Hamilton, Djokovic… it really sunk
in what unbelievable company I’m in and what a unique honour
this is," Messi said.
Jamaican Fraser-Pryce enjoyed an outstanding 2022, which
included winning the 100m gold at the World Athletics
Championships.
Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, who won the 2022 U.S. Open and
rose to number one in the ATP rankings, was named the Laureus
World Breakthrough of the Year.
Christian Eriksen, who recovered from the cardiac arrest he
suffered at the European Championship in 2021 to return to
Premier League football with Brentford and then Manchester
United before competing at the World Cup with Denmark, received
the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
The Laureus World Sports Awards nominees are selected by the
global media, while the winners are determined by the 71 members
of the Laureus World Sports Academy. The awards have been
presented annually since their inception in 2000.
List of winners:
World Sportsman of the Year Award: Lionel MessiWorld Sportswoman
of the Year Award: Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceWorld Team of the Year
Award: Argentina Men’s Football TeamWorld Breakthrough of the
Year Award: Carlos AlcarazWorld Comeback of the Year Award:
Christian EriksenWorld Sportsperson of the Year with a
Disability Award: Catherine DebrunnerWorld Action Sportsperson
of the Year Award: Eileen GuLaureus Sport for Good Award: TeamUp
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Toby Davis)
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