Voting was conducted by journalists.
The best athlete of 2022 was chosen in Europe according to the version of 20 European news agencies.
The victory was won by the first racket of the world Iga Sveontek. The Polish tennis player was ahead of the Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and the Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen.
World tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, forward of PSG and the French national team Kylian Mbappe, biathlete Johannes Biot also made it into the top ten. , skier Tereza Johaug, swimmer Davyd Popovych and cyclist Jonas Vingegor.
It should be noted that for the first time since 2005, a woman received this award. Then the laureate became Olena Isinbayeva.
Let us remind you that in 2021 Novak Djokovic became the best European athlete, and in 2020 – the star Polish forward Robert Lewandowski.
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