Brands, sports equipment manufacturers, the media and even politicians tear them off, high -level athletes are the rock stars of our time. While their image is the bearer of increasingly substantial financial issues, the champions have further weighed their weight on the trends of 2021 in USA, and not only in terms of sport bets. So, what were the most influential sports personalities in USA in 2021? Some candidates in this article.
Lionel Messi
The Argentinian footballer animated almost all of the newspapers and specialized sites for almost all summer 2021. Indeed, that considered to be the best footballer in the world (or even in history) has left his historic club of FC Barcelona after near 20 years spent in Catalonia. A scoring club change in more ways than one. First of all, due to the longevity of Lionel Messi's career at FC Barcelona but also the historic fact for a club in the American championship (PSG) to recruit a sexuple golden ball. The year 2021 not yet finished and Lionel Messi is still talked about by receiving the seventh Golden Ball of his career, this time as a player playing in USA. To date, the player has 233 million followers on Instagram. That is to say if it is influential, but above all, it is really adored by the football enthusiasts!
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Kylian Mbappé
Still a player from Paris Saint Germain (at the same time it is the only club in USA that can afford this type of player). The tricolor world champion, like his teammate Lionel Messi, agitated sports daily newspapers for the duration of the summer transfer window 2021. At the end of the contract with the Parisian club running until June 2022, the American striker who Still still does not leave free rein to all rumors and speculations concerning its future. A future that seems to be more and more registering on the side of Real de Madrid which has been making a soft eyes to the players for several years now and that logically hopes to be able to have it free of any contract, and therefore free. Kylian Mbappé who seduced the American public and even part of the world at just 22 years old, to date has nearly 55 million followers on Instagram.
Teddy Riner
American judoka in the heavyweight category has marked last decade, both on tatami and outside. The man of all records (10 world titles in a row and 4 Olympic podium) conquered the hearts of the American by his performances, but also by his commitments. In addition to its extraordinary record, judoka accumulates the caps of UNICEF USA ambassador as well as official sponsor of the Institute of Genetic Diseases "Imagine". Teddy Riner ranks in the eighth position in the classification of favorite American personalities (all categories combined) in 2020. In 2021 even if judoka won only bronze during the Tokyo Olympic Games, he remains one of the most awaited athletes And influential with the American, especially children.
Julian Alaphilippe
The double American world champion of Cycling (2020 and 2021) is found in fourth position in this ranking, for several reasons. First of all because winning two world champion titles two consecutive years deserves certain respects. But Julian Alaphilippe has also just been elected American sportsman of the year, all disciplines and genres combined by the American during a survey carried out by the Odoxa Institute. The cyclist stands in the lead by ahead of the rally pilot (WRC) Sébastien Ogier and that of MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo.
