


Thompson-Herah and Lewandowski, AIPS Best Athletes of the Year
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Jamaican athlete Elaine Thompson-Herah and Polish footballer Robert Lewandowski have been chosen as the best athletes of 2021 by the International Association of Sports Press (AIPS) in a survey conducted among 529 journalists from 114 different countries.
The Italian soccer team or the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Press Center have also been recognized in these votes.
MEN
1. Robert Lewandowski (Football) – 435 votes
2. Max Verstappen (Formula 1) – 349 votes
3. Lionel Messi (Football) – 314 votes
Karsten Warholm (Athletics) – 291 votes
5. Novak Djokovic (Tennis) – 289 votes
6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) – 280 votes
7. Aron Szilgyi (Fencing) – 271 votes
8. Armand Mondo Duplantis (Athletics) – 235 votes
9. Eliud Kipchoge (Atletica) – 207 votes
10. Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1) – 200 votes
11. Celeb Dressel (Swimming) – 184 votes
12. Marcell Jacobs (Athletics) – 184 votes
13. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Basket) – 173 votes

14. Karim Benzema (Football) – 157 votes
15. Tadej Pogacar (Cycling) – 151 votes
16. Jorginho (Football) – 136 votes
17. Gianmarco Tamberi (Athletics) – 119 votes
18. Primoz Roglic (Alpine Skiing) – 104 votes
19. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Athletics) – 88 votes
20. Valentino Rossi (Moto GP) – 81 votes
21. Kevin Durant (Basket) – 71 votes
22. Fabio Quartararo (Moto GP) – 66 votes
23. Julian Alaphilippe (Cycling) – 63 votes
24. Shohei Ohtani (Baseball) –61 votes
25. Joshua Cheptegei (Athletics) – 59 votes
26. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Athletics) – 53 votes
27. Vincent Kriechmayr (Skiing) – 43 votes
28. Miltiadis Tentoglou (Athletics) – 22 votes

29. Nathan Chen (Ice Skating) – 18 votes
WOMEN
1. Elaine Thompson-Herah (Athletics) – 605 votes
2. Alexia Putellas (Football) – 490 votes
3. Yulimar Rojas (Athletics) – 346 votes
4. Naomi Osaka (Tennis) – 297 votes
5. Emma Raducanu (Tennis) – 267 votes
6. Emma Mckeon (Swimming) – 257 votes
7. Faith Kipyegon (Athletics) – 200 votes
8. Angelina Melnikova (Artistic Gymnastics) – 191 votes
9. Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing) – 191 votes
10. Sifan Hassan (Athletics) – 183 votes
11. Ashleigh Barty (Tennis) – 152 votes
12. Petra Vlhova (Alpine Skiing) – 150 votes
13. Uta Abe (Judo) –141 votes
14. Anna Kiesenhofer (Cycling) – 140 votes
15. Janja Garnbret (Sport Climbing) – 121 votes
16. Sam Kerr (Football) – 96 votes
17. Athing Mu (Athletics) – 91 votes
18. An San (Archery) – 87 votes
19. Sydney Mclaughlin (Athletics) – 85 votes
20. Rebeca Andrade (Artistic Gymnastics) – 69 votes
21. Katharina Liensberger (Alpine Skiing) – 69 votes
22. Malaika Mihambo (Athletics) – 65 votes
23. Rayssa Leal (Skateboarding) – 64 votes
24. Margaret MacNeil (Swimming) – 60 votes
25. Peres Jepchirchir (Athletics) – 58 votes
26. Laura Kenny (Cycling) – 57 votes
27. Sunisa Lee (Artistic Gymnastics) – 57 votes
28. Jessica Fox (Canoeing) – 50 votes
29. Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl (Equestrian) – 46 votes
30. Emma Twigg (Rowing) – 41 votes
31. Isabell Werth (Equestrian) – 35 votes