Alexia Putellas, National Sports Prize for Best Sportswoman in the World
Alexia Putellas has another prize for her rapidly expanding collection. At the Premios Nacionales del Deporte 2021, held in Madrid and attended by the King and Queen of Spain, she was joined by club president Joan Laporta and the director responsible for women's football Xavier Puig.
Olympic and world champion and world record holding triple jumper Yulimar Rojas also received a prize as the top Iberian American sportswoman of the year, the Trofeo Comunidad Iberoamericana.
Putellas collected the Premio Reina Letizia for best sportsperson of the year. In an outstanding 2021, the Barça midfielder won the UEFA Women's Champions League, Liga and Copa de la Reina as well as winning the Ballon d'Or and FIFA The Best awards, and receiving them again the year after.
Queen Letizia herself presented the trophy to Putellas, while it was King Felipe who handed the prize to Rojas.