EILEEN GU 💚 (Action SportPerson of the Year 🏆) signing for fans despite being in a rush, Paris 2023

(//‿•) Eileen Gu 谷爱凌 was named action sportsperson of the year at Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday, May 8th 2023 in Paris (France) at the Place Vendôme. China’s double-Olympic gold medallist beats out likes of Chloe Kim and Rayssa Leal at prestigious awards in Paris. Lionel Messi named top sportsman of the year, while sprinter Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce triumphs in sportswoman category.

Eileen Gu added another piece of silverware to her already impressive collection at the Laureus World Sports Awards, and said it was “a huge honour” to be recognised for her achievements. The 19-year-old was crowned action sportsperson of the year at a glittering ceremony in Paris on Monday night, where she rubbed shoulders with the world’s best athletes, including Lionel Messi, who was named sportsman of the year, and sprinter Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who topped the sportswoman category. After becoming the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a single Olympics, Gu ended the World Cup season with a perfect record in women’s half-pipe, and was the first in her sport to win four consecutive events. The two golds and one silver she claimed at the Beijing Winter Games helped the US-born teenager secure the Laureus award, which was voted on by 71 members of the organisation’s Sports Academy, who are some of the greatest sports men and women from the past 50 years.

“Something really beautiful about it, is that it’s an international panel and one that’s comprised of athletes of different sports,” Gu said. “Obviously [they are] all very successful in their own right, but who really do recognise not only the hard work but also the discipline, the effort and what it takes to perform under pressure in the moment that counts. “I think that is something that only athletes can really empathise with and understand on a personal level, and being recognised by a panel who knows what that means is very meaningful to me.”

Gu is the first free-skier to win a Laureus award and called the achievement “really special”, adding she hoped it would not be the last time she was honoured at the prestigious event.

“It is such an honour to be here,” she said. “I thank Laureus for recognising me and hopefully [you] can see more of me in the future.” After a year in which the best footballer of his generation finally added the World Cup to his résumé, Messi took to the stage twice: to receive the Laureus World Team of the Year Award on behalf of the Argentina men’s football team, and to claim his second Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, after sharing that prize with Lewis Hamilton in 2020. This time there was no doubt as to who would win, even though the likes of Rafael Nadal, Max Verstappen, Kylian Mbappe, Steph Curry and Mondo Duplantis were also nominated.

“I was looking at the names of the incredible legends that won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award before me: [Michael] Schumacher, [Tiger] Woods, Nadal, [Roger] Federer, [Usain] Bolt, Hamilton, [Novak] Djokovic … it really sunk in what unbelievable company I’m in and what a unique honour this is,” Messi said. “And I am even happier that the team I was a part of at the World Cup have also been recognised by the Laureus Academy tonight. The World Cup was an unforgettable adventure for us, and I can’t describe how it felt to return to Argentina and see what our victory had given to the people of my country. It was an experience I can never forget and I want to thank the Academy for honouring our achievement.” If the Paris St Germain star is one of greatest footballers of all time, then Fraser-Pryce can rightly be regarded as one of the greatest female sprinters in history.

Winners’ list:
- Sportsman of the Year: Lionel Messi
- Sportswoman of the Year: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- Team of the Year: Argentina Men’s Football Team
- Breakthrough of the Year: Carlos Alcaraz
- Comeback of the Year: Christian Eriksen
- Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Catherine Debrunner
- Action Sportsperson of the Year: Eileen Gu
- Laureus Sport for Good: TeamUp

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