L'Équipe Champion of Champions (french: Champion des champions de L'Équipe) refers to four awards presented by the daily sports newspaper ''

L'Équipe ''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby football, rugby, motorsport, and cycle sport, ...

'', to female and male international sports

athletes An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-develo ...

and female and male French sports athletes. Various special awards have also been presented in the past. At the 2014 awards, former Belgian cyclist

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was awarded the title Legende des Sports (Championne des championnes 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). __TOC__

International

* — 1987 award taken away after doping scandal

French

References

;International winners
List of L’Équipe World Champion of Champions
Who Holds the Title (2012-10-06). Retrieved on 2014-05-24. ;French winners
Loeb, Elena élus
''L'Equipe'' (2009-12-26). Retrieved on 2014-05-24. {{DEFAULTSORT:L'Equipe Champion of Champions Sports trophies and awards Awards established in 1946 French awards 1946 establishments in France