Aitana Bonmatí was recognized this Monday at the 2024 Laureus Awards gala as the best athlete of last year. Never before has a footballer received the prestigious individual award that has been monopolized for more than two decades by athletes and tennis players. The only footballer who had achieved it before the Spanish player was Leo Messi, on two occasions (in 2020, shared with Lewis Hamilton, and in 2023, after leading Argentina to win the world title).
The player designated best player of the Women's World Cup won by Spain, in addition to winning the Ballon d'Or and The Best from FIFA, is the first to win the considered Oscar of sport.
Aitana Bonmatí emerged as the main protagonist of the award given to the best athlete of the year, fighting with the athletes Shericka Jackson, Faith Kipyegon and Sha'Carri Richardson, the skier Mikaela Shiffrin and the tennis player Iga Swaitek. The jury of the Laureus Academy, made up of sports legends, awarded, as expected, the Laureus in the women's category to the 26-year-old Catalan midfielder, one of the pillars of the Spanish team that also won the Champions League last year with Barça. the League and the Super Cup.
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