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
Athletics sportsman Usain Bolt has won the most awards (5).
Lionel Messi is the only footballer to win the award twice.
* — 1987 award taken away after doping scandal
French
References
- "Lavillenie a frappé fort". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- International winners
- List of L’Équipe World Champion of Champions. Who Holds the Title (2012-10-06). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
- French winners
- Loeb, Elena élus Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. L'Equipe (2009-12-26). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
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