Sports News | Emma Raducanu Honored by Queen in Annual New Year's List
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch's annual New Year's list following the teenager's breakthrough performance at Flushing Meadows.
London, Jan 1 (AP) U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch's annual New Year's list following the teenager's breakthrough performance at Flushing Meadows.
The 19-year-old Raducanu, who became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title, was made an MBE — or Member of the Order of the British Empire — by the queen.
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It caps a remarkable year for Raducanu, whose U.S. Open win catapulted her to instant stardom in Britain. She was also named the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year for 2021 after becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Virginia Wade in 1977.
Raducanu said she was “immensely proud” of being awarded the MBE.
"This year has been full of amazing surprises for me so to end 2021 with this appointment is very special,” Raducanu said.
She was one of several sports personalities to be honored by the queen, with married cycling duo Laura and Jason Kenny awarded a damehood and knighthood, respectively, after breaking yet more records at the Tokyo Olympics.
Jason Kenny became Britain's most successful Olympian as he won his seventh gold to move clear of former teammate Chris Hoy, while Laura Kenny extended her own record as the nation's most successful female by collecting her fifth gold and a silver medal.
Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty and Chelsea Women coach Emma Hayes were both made an OBE, or Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Other Olympic champions honored with an OBE included diver Tom Daley and gymnast Max Whitlock, as well as seven-time Paralympic gold medalist Hannah Cockroft. (AP)
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