L'Équipe Champion of Champions
{{Italic title|string=L'Équipe}}
{{short description|Set of four French sports awards}}
L'Équipe Champion of Champions ({{langx|fr|Champion des champions de L'Équipe}}) refers to four awards presented by the daily sports newspaper L'Équipe, to female and male international sports athletes and female and male French sports athletes.
Various special awards have also been presented in the past. At the 2014 awards, former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx was awarded the title Legende des Sports (Champion des champions de légende), while Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen also received an honorary award (Champion des champions d'honneur). French snowboarder Xavier de Le Rue won the 2014 award for best extreme athlete (Champion des champions de l'extrême).{{Cite web |title=Lavillenie a frappé fort |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Lavillenie-a-frappe-fort/523403 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
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International
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| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Winner !Sport !Country |
|---|
| 1980
|United States |
| 1981
|United Kingdom |
| 1982
|Italy |
| 1983
| rowspan="3" |Athletics | rowspan="2" |United States |
| 1984
|Carl Lewis (2) |
| 1985
|Soviet Union |
| 1986
|Argentina |
| 1987*
| |
| 1988
| rowspan="2" |United States |
| 1989 |
| 1990
|Brazil |
| 1991
|Carl Lewis (3) | rowspan="2" |United States |
| 1992 |
| 1993
|Algeria |
| 1994
|Brazil |
| 1995
| rowspan="3" |Athletics |United Kingdom |
| 1996
|United States |
| 1997
|Ukraine |
| 1998
|France |
| 1999
| rowspan="2" |United States |
| 2000
|Golf |
| 2001
| rowspan="3" |Formula One | rowspan="3" |Germany |
| 2002
|Michael Schumacher (2) |
| 2003
|Michael Schumacher (3) |
| 2004
|Morocco |
| 2005
| rowspan="3" |Tennis | rowspan="3" |Switzerland |
| 2006
|Roger Federer (2) |
| 2007
|Roger Federer (3) |
| 2008
| rowspan="2" |Athletics | rowspan="2" |Jamaica |
| 2009
|Usain Bolt (2) |
| 2010
|Spain |
| 2011
|Argentina |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |↓ Male and female awards separated ↓ |
| rowspan="2" |2012
|Usain Bolt (3) |Jamaica |
| Serena Williams
| rowspan="3" |Tennis |United States |
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Rafael Nadal (2) |Spain |
| Serena Williams (2)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|France |
| Katie Ledecky
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2015
|Usain Bolt (4) |Jamaica |
| Serena Williams (3)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|Usain Bolt (5) |Jamaica |
| Simone Biles
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|Rafael Nadal (3) |Spain |
| Katie Ledecky (2)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Austria |
| Simone Biles (2)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Rafael Nadal (4) |Spain |
| Simone Biles (3)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|United Kingdom |
| Marte Olsbu Røiseland
|Norway |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Serbia |
| Elaine Thompson
|Jamaica |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|Lionel Messi (2) |Argentina |
| Iga Świątek
| rowspan="2" |Tennis | Poland |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Novak Djokovic (2) |Serbia |
| Simone Biles (4)
|United States |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|France |
| Simone Biles (5)
|United States |
French
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Winner !Sport |
|---|
| 1946
|align=left|Jean Séphériades |
| 1947
|align=left|Christian d'Oriola |
| 1948
|align=left|Marcel Cerdan |
| 1949
|align=left|Alain Mimoun | rowspan="2" |Athletics |
| 1950
|align=left|Papa Gallo Thiam |
| 1951
|align=left|Puig Aubert |
| 1952
|align=left|Jean Boiteux |
| 1953
|align=left|Louison Bobet | rowspan="2" |Cycling |
| 1954
|align=left|Louison Bobet (2) |
| 1955
|align=left|Raymond Kopa |
| 1956
|align=left|Alain Mimoun (2) |
| 1957
|align=left|Roger Rivière |
| 1958
|align=left|Raymond Kopa (2) |
| 1959
|align=left|Lucien Mias |
| 1960
|align=left|Michel Jazy |
| 1961
|align=left|Guy Périllat |
| 1962
|align=left|Michel Jazy (2) |
| 1963
|align=left|Jacques Anquetil |
| 1964
|align=left|Marielle Goitschel |
| 1965
|align=left|Michel Jazy (3) |
| 1966
|align=left|Alain Mosconi |
| 1967
|align=left|Jean-Claude Killy | rowspan="2" |Alpine skiing |
| 1968
|align=left|Jean-Claude Killy (2) |
| 1969
|align=left|Nicole Duclos | rowspan="2" |Athletics |
| 1970
|align=left|Jean-Claude Nallet |
| 1971
|align=left|Jean-Claude Bouttier |
| 1972
|align=left|Daniel Morelon |
| 1973
|align=left|François Cevert |
| 1974
|align=left|Guy Drut |
| 1975
|align=left|Guy Drut (2) |
| 1976
|align=left|Guy Drut (3) |
| 1977
|align=left|Michel Platini |
| 1978
|align=left|Bernard Hinault | rowspan="4" |Cycling |
| 1979
|align=left|Bernard Hinault (2) |
| 1980
|align=left|Bernard Hinault (3) |
| 1981
|align=left|Bernard Hinault (4) |
| 1982
|align=left|Alain Giresse |
| 1983
|align=left|Yannick Noah |
| 1984
|align=left|Michel Platini (2) |
| 1985
|align=left|Alain Prost | rowspan="2" |Formula One |
| 1986
|align=left|Alain Prost (2) |
| 1987
|align=left|Jeannie Longo |
| 1988
|align=left|Jean-François Lamour |
| 1989
|align=left|Alain Prost (3) |
| rowspan="2" |1990 |
| align="left" |Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose |
| 1991
|align=left|Guy Forget |
| 1992
|align=left|Marie-José Pérec |
| 1993
|align=left|Alain Prost (4) |
| 1994
|align=left|Luc Leblanc |
| 1995
|align=left|David Douillet |Judo |
| 1996
|align=left|Marie-José Pérec (2) |
| 1997
|align=left|Luc Alphand |
| 1998
|align=left|Zinedine Zidane |
| 1999
|align=left|Eunice Barber |
| 2000
|align=left|David Douillet (2) |Judo |
| 2001
|align=left|Jackson Richardson |
| 2002
|align=left|Carole Montillet |
| 2003
|align=left|Tony Parker |
| 2004
|align=left|Laure Manaudou |
| 2005
|align=left|Ladji Doucouré |
| 2006
|align=left|Laure Manaudou (2) |
| 2007
|align=left|Sébastien Loeb |
| 2008
|align=left|Alain Bernard |
| 2009
|align=left|Sébastien Loeb (2) |
| 2010
|align=left|Christophe Lemaitre |
| 2011
|align=left|Nikola Karabatić |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |↓ Male and female awards separated ↓ |
| rowspan="2" |2012
|Judo |
| Camille Muffat |
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Tony Parker (2) |
| Marion Bartoli |
| rowspan="2" |2014 |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot |
| rowspan="2" |2015 |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2) |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|Teddy Riner (2) | rowspan="3" |Judo |
| Émilie Andéol |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|Teddy Riner (3) |
| Tessa Worley |
| rowspan="2" |2018 |
| Clarisse Agbegnenou
|Judo |
| rowspan="2" |2019 |
| Clarisse Agbegnenou (2)
|Judo |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Julian Alaphilippe (2) | rowspan="3" |Cycling |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (3) |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Julian Alaphilippe (3) |
| Clarisse Agbegnenou (3)
|Judo |
| rowspan="2" |2022 |
| Caroline Garcia |
| rowspan="4" |2023 |
| Céline Boutier
|Golf |
| Alexandre Léauté
| rowspan="2" |Para-cycling |
| Heïdi Gaugain |
| rowspan="4" |2024
|Léon Marchand (2) |
| Cassandre Beaugrand |
| Alexandre Léauté (2)
| rowspan="2" |Para-cycling |
| Marie Patouillet |
References
{{Reflist}}
;International winners
- [http://www.whoholdsthetitle.com/home/championslist/list-of-lequipe-world-champion-of-champions-rafael-nadal-2010-winner/ List of L’Équipe World Champion of Champions]. Who Holds the Title (2012-10-06). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
;French winners
- [https://www.lequipe.fr/-/Actualites/-/79653 Loeb, Elena élus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408021136/http://www.lequipe.fr/-/Actualites/-/79653 |date=2016-04-08 }}. L'Equipe (2009-12-26). Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
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