L'Équipe Champion of Champions

L'Équipe Champion of Champions (French: Champion des champions de L'Équipe) refers to four awards presented by the daily sports newspaper L'Équipe, to female and male international sports athletes and female and male French sports athletes.

Various special awards have also been presented in the past. At the 2014 awards, former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx was awarded the title Legende des Sports (Championne des championnes de légende), while Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen also received an honorary award (Champion des champions d'honneur). French snowboarder Xavier de Le Rue won the 2014 award for best extreme athlete (Champion des champions de l'extrême).[1]

International

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Athletics sportsman Usain Bolt has won the most awards (5).
 
Lionel Messi is the only footballer to win the award twice.


Year Winner Sport Country
1980 Eric Heiden Speed skating United States
1981 Sebastian Coe Athletics United Kingdom
1982 Paolo Rossi Football Italy
1983 Carl Lewis Athletics United States
1984 Carl Lewis (2)
1985 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union
1986 Diego Maradona Football Argentina
1987* Ben Johnson Athletics Canada
1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner Athletics United States
1989 Greg LeMond Cycling
1990 Ayrton Senna Formula One Brazil
1991 Carl Lewis (3) Athletics United States
1992 Michael Jordan Basketball
1993 Noureddine Morceli Athletics Algeria
1994 Romario Football Brazil
1995 Jonathan Edwards Athletics United Kingdom
1996 Michael Johnson United States
1997 Sergey Bubka Ukraine
1998 Zinedine Zidane Football France
1999 Andre Agassi Tennis United States
2000 Tiger Woods Golf
2001 Michael Schumacher Formula One Germany
2002 Michael Schumacher (2)
2003 Michael Schumacher (3)
2004 Hicham El Guerrouj Athletics Morocco
2005 Roger Federer Tennis Switzerland
2006 Roger Federer (2)
2007 Roger Federer (3)
2008 Usain Bolt Athletics Jamaica
2009 Usain Bolt (2)
2010 Rafael Nadal Tennis Spain
2011 Lionel Messi Football Argentina
↓  Male and female awards separated  ↓
2012 Usain Bolt (3) Athletics Jamaica
Serena Williams Tennis United States
2013 Rafael Nadal (2) Spain
Serena Williams (2) United States
2014 Renaud Lavillenie Athletics France
Katie Ledecky Swimming United States
2015 Usain Bolt (4) Athletics Jamaica
Serena Williams (3) Tennis United States
2016 Usain Bolt (5) Athletics Jamaica
Simone Biles Gymnastics United States
2017 Rafael Nadal (3)
Roger Federer (4)
Tennis Spain
Switzerland
Katie Ledecky (2) Swimming United States
2018 Marcel Hirscher Alpine skiing Austria
Simone Biles (2) Gymnastics United States
2019 Rafael Nadal (4) Tennis Spain
Simone Biles (3) Gymnastics United States
2020 Lewis Hamilton Formula One United Kingdom
Marte Olsbu Røiseland Biathlon Norway
2021 Novak Djokovic Tennis Serbia
Elaine Thompson Athletics Jamaica
2022 Lionel Messi (2) Football Argentina
Iga Świątek Tennis Poland
2023 Novak Djokovic (2) Serbia
Simone Biles (4) Gymnastics United States

* — 1987 award taken away after doping scandal

French

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Year Winner Sport
1946 Jean Séphériades Rowing
1947 Christian d'Oriola Fencing
1948 Marcel Cerdan Boxing
1949 Alain Mimoun Athletics
1950 Papa Gallo Thiam
1951 Puig Aubert Rugby league
1952 Jean Boiteux Swimming
1953 Louison Bobet Cycling
1954 Louison Bobet (2)
1955 Raymond Kopa Football
1956 Alain Mimoun (2) Athletics
1957 Roger Rivière Cycling
1958 Raymond Kopa (2) Football
1959 Lucien Mias Rugby union
1960 Michel Jazy Athletics
1961 Guy Périllat Alpine skiing
1962 Michel Jazy (2) Athletics
1963 Jacques Anquetil Cycling
1964 Marielle Goitschel Alpine skiing
1965 Michel Jazy (3) Athletics
1966 Alain Mosconi Swimming
1967 Jean-Claude Killy Alpine skiing
1968 Jean-Claude Killy (2)
1969 Nicole Duclos Athletics
1970 Jean-Claude Nallet
1971 Jean-Claude Bouttier
Régis Ovion
Boxing
Cycling
1972 Daniel Morelon Cycling
1973 François Cevert Formula One
1974 Guy Drut
Raymond Poulidor
Athletics
Cycling
1975 Guy Drut (2)
Bernard Thévenet
1976 Guy Drut (3) Athletics
1977 Michel Platini Football
1978 Bernard Hinault Cycling
1979 Bernard Hinault (2)
1980 Bernard Hinault (3)
1981 Bernard Hinault (4)
1982 Alain Giresse Football
1983 Yannick Noah Tennis
1984 Michel Platini (2) Football
1985 Alain Prost Formula One
1986 Alain Prost (2)
1987 Jeannie Longo Cycling
1988 Jean-François Lamour Fencing
1989 Alain Prost (3) Formula One
1990 Florence Arthaud Sailing
Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Bruno Marie-Rose
Athletics
1991 Guy Forget
Henri Leconte
Tennis
1992 Marie-José Pérec Athletics
1993 Alain Prost (4) Formula One
1994 Luc Leblanc Cycling
1995 David Douillet Judo
1996 Marie-José Pérec (2) Athletics
1997 Luc Alphand Alpine skiing
1998 Zinedine Zidane Football
1999 Eunice Barber Athletics
2000 David Douillet (2) Judo
2001 Jackson Richardson Handball
2002 Carole Montillet Alpine skiing
2003 Tony Parker Basketball
2004 Laure Manaudou Swimming
2005 Ladji Doucouré Athletics
2006 Laure Manaudou (2) Swimming
2007 Sébastien Loeb
(  MCO) Daniel Elena
Rallying
2008 Alain Bernard Swimming
2009 Sébastien Loeb (2)
(  MCO) Daniel Elena (2)
Rallying
2010 Christophe Lemaitre Athletics
2011 Nikola Karabatić Handball
↓  Male and female awards separated  ↓
2012 Teddy Riner Judo
Camille Muffat Swimming
2013 Tony Parker (2) Basketball
Marion Bartoli Tennis
2014 Renaud Lavillenie Athletics
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Cycling
2015 Florent Manaudou Swimming
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2) Cycling
2016 Teddy Riner (2) Judo
Émilie Andéol
2017 Teddy Riner (3)
Tessa Worley Alpine skiing
2018 Kevin Mayer Athletics
Clarisse Agbegnenou Judo
2019 Julian Alaphilippe Cycling
Clarisse Agbegnenou (2) Judo
2020 Julian Alaphilippe (2) Cycling
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (3)
2021 Julian Alaphilippe (3)
Clarisse Agbegnenou (3) Judo
2022 Kylian Mbappé Football
Caroline Garcia Tennis
2023 Léon Marchand Swimming
Céline Boutier Golf
Alexandre Léauté Para-cycling
Heïdi Gaugain

References

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  1. ^ "Lavillenie a frappé fort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
International winners
French winners