PR Sreejesh becomes second Indian to win World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award
Highlights:
- Indian men's hockey team goalkeeper, PR Sreejesh was named World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 on January 31, 2022.
- He became the first Indian male athlete and second Indian sportsperson overall to win the honour.
- Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal was the first Indian to win the World Games Athlete of the Year honour in 2020 .
- PR Sreejesh was an integral part of the Indian men's hockey team that won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- The 33-year-old beat Spain's sport climbing Olympic champion Alberto Gines López and Italian wushu player Michele Giordano to win the World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award.
- Overall, 24 sportspeople from 17 countries were nominated for the annual award based on the individual and team performances.
- The winner was decided after three weeks of online voting.
- PR Sreejesh was the clear winner with a total of 1,27,647 votes, which was almost twice the number of votes received by the first runner-up Albert Gines Lopez, who received 67,428 votes.
- Italian Wushu star Michele Giordano was the 2nd runner-up with 52,046 votes.
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