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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are among the nominees for the best athlete of the year, according to the list of nominees published by the International Sports Press Association on Thursday.
Nadal won the Australian Open and the French Open, bringing his Grand Slam haul to 22 this year. He also played 20-time Major winner Federer in the Swiss maestros’ last ever professional tennis match at the Laver Cup in London.
23-time Major winner Serena returned to the tour this year at Wimbledon. She played what was probably the last tennis match of her career when she lost in the third round to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open.
Surprisingly, the number one players in men’s and women’s tennis Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz are missing from the list.
In addition to the Best Male and Best Female Athlete awards, the other categories are Best Team and Best Press Room.
AIPS members worldwide can vote for these awards, and the deadline is December 29. Members can place up to three choices in each category (first, second and third preference in order of importance).
Best male athlete nominees
Sofyan Amrabat – Soccer, Morocco
Giannis Antetokounmpo – Basketball, Greece
Karim Benzema – Soccer, France
Wu Dajing – Speed Skating, China
Alison Dos Santos – Athletics, Brazil
Armand Duplantis – Athletics, Sweden
Roger Federer – Tennis, Switzerland
Qi Guangpu – Aeroskiing, China
Jakob, Ingebrigtsen – Athletics, Norway
Marcell Jacobs – Athletics, Italy
Eliud Kipchoge – Athletics, Kenya
Balint Kopasz – Kayaking, Hungary
Robert Lewandowski – Soccer, Poland
Noah Lyles – Athletics, USA
Sadio Mane – Soccer, Senegal
Kylian Mbappe – Soccer, France
Lionel Messi – Soccer, Argentina
Kristof Milak – Swimming, Hungary
Rafael Nadal – Tennis, Spain
Gregorio Paltrinieri-Swimming, Italy
Sergio Perez – Formula 1, Mexico
David Popovici – Swimming, Romania
Gianmarco Tamberi – Athletics, Italy
Johannes Thingnes Boe – Biathlon, Norway
Max Verstappen – Formula 1, Netherlands
Henrik Von Eckermann – Riding, Sweden
Su Yiming – Snowboarding, China
Best female athlete nominees
Gu Ailing – Skiing, China
Tobi Amusan – Athletics, Nigeria
Rebeca Andrade – Gymnastics, Brazil
Simone Biles – Gymnastics, USA
Federica Brignone – Alpine skiing, Italy
Madison De Rozario – Paralympics, Australia
Jessica Fox – Kayaking, Australia
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Athletics, Jamaica
Kimberly Garcia – Athletics, Fri
Anna Gasser – Snowboarding, Austria
Ons Jabeur – Tennis, Tunisia
Theres Johaug – Skiing, Norway
Faith Kipyegon – Athletics, Kenya
Katie Ledecky – Swimming, USA
Eilish McColgan – Athletics, Great Britain
Sydney McLaughlin – Athletics, United States
Bethany Mead – Soccer, Great Britain
Xu Mentao – Paragliding, China
Choi Min-Jeong – Speed Skating, South Korea
Naomi Osaka – Tennis, Japan
Eleanor Patterson – Athletics, Australia
Alexia Putellas – Soccer, Spain
Simona Quadarella – Swimming, Italy
Yulimar Rojas – Athletics, Venezuela
Irene Schouten – Speed Skating, Netherlands
Mikaela ShiffrinA – Alpine skiing, USA
Bianca Walkden – Taekwondo, Great Britain
With Westvold Hansen – Nordic Combined, Norway
Serena Williams – Tennis, United States
Luo Zongshi – Taekwondo, China
The best team candidates
Argentina men’s national football team
Brazil men’s volleyball team
Brazil women’s national football team
Chelsea Football Club
China Mixed Team Aerials – Aerial skiing, China
Croatia men’s national football team
England women’s national football team
FC Bayern Munich
Finnish men’s national ice hockey team
France men’s national football team
Golden State Warriors – Basketball, USA
Italian men’s volleyball team
Morocco men’s national football team
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Real Madrid C.F
Red Bull Racing Team – Formula 1, Austria
Spanish men’s water polo team
Wenjing Sui / Cong Han – Pair Skating, China
USA track and field team
USA women’s gymnastics team
Nominees for the best press facilities
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Soccer, Qatar
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games – Multi-Sports, China
World Athletics Championships Eugene 2022 – Athletics, USA
FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 – Swimming, Hungary
European Athletics Championships Munich 2022 – Multisport, Germany
Africa Cup of Nations 2022 – Football, Cameroon
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup 2022 – winter sports
IAAF World Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 – Athletics, Serbia
South American Games Asuncion 2022 – Multi Sports, Paraguay
UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 – Soccer, Great Britain
Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 – Multi-Sports, Great Britain
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