Tennis
He was named the best athlete in Europe. Mbappe and Nadal are not even in the top three
World champion in women’s singles Iga Sventek (Poland) In 2022, he received the award for the best athlete in Europe.
In second place is Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis, and the top three are closed by Dutch race car driver Max Verstappen.
Note that the 2022 World Cup top scorer in football, Kylian Mbappe, Wimbledon and ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic, and Australian Open and Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal are not in the top three in this rating.
Top 10 European athletes of 2022:
It should be noted that in 2021 Novak Djokovic became the best athlete in Europe (15th place this year), and in 2020 – the star Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.
Interestingly, this is the first time a woman has received this award since 2005. Then Elena Isinbayeva became a laureate.
Source: Sport UA
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