European Sportsperson of the Year
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European Sportsperson of the Year (Template:Lang-pl) is an annual sports award presented by Polish Press Agency (PAP). It has been awarded since 1958. The European Sportsperson of the Year award honours the sportsperson deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by 27 international news agencies.[1]
The 27 agencies that are part of the panel are: EFE (Spain) France Presse (France), Agerpress (Romania), ANP (Netherlands), APA (Austria), ATA (Albania), Belga (Belgium), Belta (Belarus), BTA (Bulgaria), CTK (Czech Republic), DPA (Germany), Elta (Lithuania), FENA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), HINA (Croatia), LETA (Latvia), Lusa (Portugal), Moldpres (Moldova), SDA-ATS (Switzerland), SHGSK (Kosovo), SID (Germany), Sita (Slovakia), STA (Slovenia), Tanjug (Serbia), TASS (Russia), Ukrinform (Ukraine) and PAP (Poland).[1]
Winners
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016[2] |  Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) (Football)[note 1] |
 Andy Murray (UK) (Tennis) |
 Katinka Hosszú (HUN) (Swimming) |
| 2017[4] | Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) (Football) |
Lewis Hamilton (UK) (Formula 1) |
 Roger Federer (SWI) (Tennis) |
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Cristiano Ronaldo named as the European Sportsperson of the Year". Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
The winner of this prize, which has been awarded since 1958 by the Polish agency PAP, is chosen by the votes of journalists representing each of agencies.
- ^ Bennett, Tom (27 December 2016). "Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo voted European Sportsperson of the Year ahead of Andy Murray". Official website of Eurosport. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
Tennis star Andy Murray, who won Wimbledon and Olympic gold in a year that saw him top the world rankings, was voted second. Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, who bagged three golds and a silver at the Rio Olympics (setting a new world record and Olympic record in the process) was voted third.
- ^ Ruiz, Marco (27 December 2016). "Cristiano Ronaldo: European Sportsperson of 2016". AS.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
27 Euro media agencies have selected the Real Madrid striker as their sportsperson of the year, the first time a football player has been awarded the prize.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo, voted Best European Sportsperson of 2017". Realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
It's the second consecutive year that Cristiano has received this award, which since 1958 has been awarded by the Polish PAP agency. On this occasion, the Real Madrid player received 159 points, beating Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton (143) and tennis players Roger Federer (124) and Rafa Nadal (113).