Thompson Herah named Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2022

Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah has been named the 2022 Laureus Sportswoman of the Year.

The announcement was made on Sunday, making her the first Jamaican woman to win the award.

This was Thompson-Herah's second nomination.

The achievement comes after a 2021 campaign in which she became the first woman and the second athlete to win the sprint double at consecutive Olympic Games, successfully defending her 100m and 200m Olympic titles from Rio in Tokyo. Her countryman, multiple-time Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt was the first. Additionally, she set an Olympic record in the 100m with a time of 10.61 seconds, erasing the 10.62 mark set by America's Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.

Thompson-Herah also set the second fastest 100m mark of all time last year on August 2021, clocking 10.54.