Iconic Sports Moments: 11 Winning Images From World Sports Photography Awards 2023

Photography lets us capture unique moments that any other art form can't, and that is true for sports photography as well. So today, we would like to share the best sports photos of this year.

The World Sports Photography Awards has announced their winners out of 700 participants. In total, there were 24 categories ranging from basketball to motorsports, to urban and extreme. The winners of each category were awarded gold, silver, or bronze prizes.

Furthermore, there were 3 exceptional photographers awarded as overall winners, who secured gold prizes in their category. The gold winner of the overall winner is Patrick Smith, winning with a photograph of a golf player in the clouds. The silver winner is Octávio Passos, and the bronze overall winner is Phil Noble.

We encourage you to go and see special merit images too on the World Sports Photography Awards website, but as for the winners, scroll down below and let us know which photo is your absolute favorite.

More info: https://www.worldsportsphotographyawards.com/ 

11 PHOTOS

#1 Venues & Views - Category Winner, Silver: "Van De Walle Butcher" By Ashley & Jered Gruber

#2 Athletics - Category Winner, Silver: "World Records" By Morgan Treacy

#3 Football - Category Winner, Bronze: "David Moyes Bubbles" By Ashley Crowden

#4 Urban & Extreme - Category Winner, Bronze: "Don't Look Down" By Cody Shimzu

#5 Cricket - Category Winner, Silver: "Clowing Around" By Pat Hoelscher

#6 Gymnastics - Category Winner, Silver: "Belgian Championship Acrobatics Gymnastics" By Christian Degroote

#7 Ice Hockey - Category Winner, Silver: "Symmetry" By Bruce Bennett

#8 Tennis - Category Winner, Gold: "Coco Gauff" By Scott Barbour

#9 Venues & Views - Category Winner, Bronze: "Stop War. Fencing" By Nikolay Synelnykov

#10 Overall Winner, Silver: "Justine Dupont" By Octávio Passos

#11 Formula 1 - Category Winner, Gold: "Vince Mignott" By Vince Mignott