the polish tennis player Iga Swiatekcurrently number 1 in the WTA ranking and winner in 2022 of the tournament of Roland Garros and of US Openwas selected as the best European athlete of the year according to a survey conducted by the Polish news agency among its counterparts on the continental scene.
Swiatek, who accumulated 118 points in the poll, leads the Swedish pole vaulter. Armand Duplantis (106) and the Formula 1 world champion, the driver from the Netherlands Max Verstappen (82). Behind all of them, closing the top-5, are also Spanish tennis players Carlos Alcaraz (76) and Raphael nadal (66).
This is the 65th edition of this recognition and here the winner succeeds the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, which earned it in 2021 for the fourth time. In addition, Swiatek became the first female winner since the Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva shared the award with Swiss tennis player Roger Federer in 2005.
Source: La Verdad
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