[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Jamaican athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was named Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months on the 2023 Laureus World Sports activities Awards in Paris. For full article, see World Athletics.
World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was named Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months tonight on the prestigious 2023 Laureus World Sports activities Awards in Paris.
All eight award winners have been within the French capital to have a good time a unprecedented sporting yr. They have been joined by the sporting legends of the Laureus World Sports activities Academy, Laureus Award winners from earlier years and among the world’s best athletes at a glittering ceremony on the Pavillon Vendome.
Fraser-Pryce received a report fifth 100m gold on the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, 13 years after her first. She has extra world dash titles than some other athlete, and in 2022 she ran sub-10.7 for 100m seven instances, three greater than the earlier greatest for a feminine sprinter in a calendar yr.
Whether or not the benchmark is pace, consistency or longevity, no person got here near Jamaica’s ‘Pocket Rocket’ and after her sixth nomination for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months Award, that is her first win.
“I used to be thrilled to be nominated alongside such inspiring girls athletes, and to win this award, voted for by among the best sportsmen and girls of all time, is simply superb,” stated Fraser-Pryce. “That is the sixth time I’ve been nominated on this class, so to lastly maintain the Laureus statuette in my arms is likely one of the best honours of my profession. “When athletes have the highlight, it’s necessary the instance we set is the very best it may be,” she added. “We have now a accountability to affect the following era in a constructive means and that’s what the Laureus Awards are all about.”
Among the many different winners, soccer participant Lionel Messi earned the Laureus World Sportsman award. [. . .]
For full article, see https://worldathletics.org/information/information/fraser-pryce-2023-laureus-sportswoman-award Additionally see https://www.caribbeanlife.com/sportswoman-of-the-year/ and https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2023/05/10/the-best-athletes-of-2022-lionel-messi-and-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-honored-with-the-laureus-awards/