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After six nominations in the past, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finally joins an elite league of eight track and field athletes as Laureus Sportswoman of the Year.
Jamaica's track legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was declared the 2023 Laureus Sportswoman of the Year after her record-breaking 2022 season.
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Fraser-Pryce attained several iconic feats throughout the season, which has seen many call her the greatest female sprinter of all time.
Fraser-Pryce iconic 2022 season
She became a five-time 100m World Champion at the World Championships in Oregon. Her victory came almost fourteen years after her first global 100m title, making her the oldest-ever World Champion in any individual track event. Then won 200m and 4x100m silver medals, ending with three medals at the championships.
In addition, Fraser-Pryce surpassed the 10.70s mark seven times throughout last year (three more than the previous best for a female sprinter in a calendar year), and one of those performances – her 10.67s in Oregon.
17:48 - 08.05.2023
Fraser-Pryce promises fast time at Kip Keino Classic in Kenya
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has assured she'll be running a fast time at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya this weekend.
She capped her season at the Diamond League final in Zurich, winning her fourth 100m Diamond Trophy in a Meeting Record (MR) of 10.65s.
In her 15th season of international racing, the 35-year-old sprint star continued to blaze a trail, proving the maxim that ‘wine gets better with age’, and is now hailed as the world’s greatest ever women’s sprinter.
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20:39 - 08.05.2023
'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce wins historic Laureus Sportswoman of the Year
After being nominated six times, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year Award.
Fraser-Pryce and the female athletes that have won Laureus Sportswoman of the Year
A total of eight female track and field athletes have won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year Award since its inception in the year 2000.
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Marion Jones would have been the ninth athlete but was stripped of the award after her drug case. Below is the list of athletes and the year they were declared winners.
- 2023 - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- 2022 - Elaine Thompson-Herah
- 2015 - Genzebe Dibaba
- 2013 - Jessica Ennis
- 2012 - Vivian Cheruiyot
- 2009 - Yelena Isinbayeva
- 2007 - Yelena Isinbayeva
- 2005 - Kelly Holmes
- 2001 - Cathy Freeman
Here's the full list of the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year winners since 2000.
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16:48 - 07.05.2023
Sha'Carri Richardson: 5 Challenges American sprinter overcame to become one of the world's fastest women
Sha'Carri Richardson's recent success in 2023 is no fluke, she's doing what she has always promised to do. But to get to this stage, Richardson had to overcome five challenges and now she says she's 'back and better'.
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