{"id":25744,"date":"2021-12-10T06:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T06:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/s1mple-wins-best-esports-athlete-at-least-no-one-dubbed-me"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:47:44","slug":"s1mple-wins-best-esports-athlete-at-least-no-one-dubbed-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/s1mple-wins-best-esports-athlete-at-least-no-one-dubbed-me","title":{"rendered":"s1mple wins Best Esports Athlete: “At least no one dubbed me”"},"content":{"rendered":"

With The Game Awards 2021<\/a> now complete, we have outlined all the winners. For esports fans, however, there’s nothing more interesting than finding out who won the “Best Esports Athlete” award for 2021.<\/p>\n

This year, it is also one of the most predictable, as we expect few fans didn’t think the GOAT of CS:GO esports, Na’Vi’s star player, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev<\/a> would win the award.<\/p>\n

s1mple had an incredible year with Na’Vi, winning the Intel Grand Slam, his first Major after a magnificent performance at the Stockholm Major, destroying everyone at the BLAST Premier Fall Finals recently, and much more.<\/p>\n

s1mple on winning Best Esports Athlete award<\/h2>\n

While in 2019 and 2020, Vitality star Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut was considered the best CS:GO player, others remained convinced s1mple is actually the best. Following this year’s performance, well, we can’t help but ask “Zywho?” as s1mple completely decimated the competition.<\/p>\n

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Was there any doubt s1mple would win? (Picture: The Game Awards)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In November, s1mple also won the “Esports PC player of the year” award from The Esports Awards 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following his win at The Game Awards for the Best Esports Athlete of 2021, s1mple took to Twitter to say “At least no one ‘dubbed’ me, ty”.<\/p>\n