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Max Verstappen named Laureus Sportsman of the Year 2022

F1 champion Max Verstappen has been named the 2022 Laureus Sportsman of the Year while Jamaican Olympic sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah has been named Sportswoman of the Year. The awards recognise the greatest sporting achievements of 2021, one of the highlights of which was the European Championship victory by the Italian Men’s Football Team who won their second Laureus Team of the Year Award as a result.

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Other awardees:

Category Winner
Breakthrough of the Year prize Emma Raducanu
Laureus Sporting Icon Award Valtentino Rossi
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award Tom Brady
Exceptional Achievement Award Robert Lewandowski
World Team of the Year Award Italy Men’s Football Team
World Comeback of the Year Award Sky Brown (Skateboard)
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award Marcel Hug
Laureus Sport For Good Society Award Real Madrid
Action Sportsperson of the Year Bethany Shriever

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