World athlete of the year 2020: Rafael Nadal in second place

Rafael Nadal only had to admit defeat to seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton in the traditional choice of L'Équipe as World Sportsman of the Year 2020.

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The French sports newspaper L´Équipe has been choosing its Champions of Champions since 1980. In four categories: The international ratings for women (since 2012) and men as well as the respective national results. And you can definitely say that the pros on the ATP and WTA tour did very well in tennis-crazy France.

Andre Agassi was the first tennis winner in 1999, Roger Federer won the award three times in a row from 2006. Rafael Nadal won the title four times, most recently last year when the Spanish matador finished first in the world rankings. In 2020 this position was denied to him, Novak Djokovic hibernates as the industry leader. The fact that Nadal finished second in the 2020 vote as the best tennis player may be related to the 13th title of the left-hander in Roland Garros.

The victory in the men went to Lewis Hamilton, who for a few days now has been allowed to wear the title of "Sir" in his home country Great Britain. Hamilton had set Michael Schumacher's record with his seventh world title this year. In the women's category, the Norwegian biathlete Marte Olsbu Roeiseland won the award.

The winner of the L'Équipe election since 2010