Laureus World Sports Awards

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The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honouring individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the year. It was established in 1999 by Laureus Sport for Good Foundation founding patrons Daimler and Richemont. It is supported by its global partners Mercedes-Benz, IWC Schaffhausen and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The name "Laureus" is derived from the Greek word for laurel, considered a traditional symbol of victory in athletics.

The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which South African president Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. Template:As of, awards are made annually in eight categories, with a number of discretionary categories irregularly recognised. The recipient of each award is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual ceremony held in various locations around the world. Template:As of, the ceremonies have been held in eleven cities, and are broadcast in at least 160 countries.

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer holds the record for the most awards with six, five for Sportsman of the Year and one for Comeback of the Year. American tennis player Serena Williams and American artistic gymnast Simone Biles holds the record for most awards held by a female with five, four for Sportswoman of the Year and one for Comeback of the Year. Novak Djokovic won the 2024 Sports Man of the year award and grabbed his 5th title, making him the most decorated sportsman in the History of the Award along with Roger Federer.[1] A number of awards have been rescinded, namely those presented to American cyclist Lance Armstrong, American sprinter Marion Jones and Canadian amputee sprinter Earle Connor, each of whom were subsequently found to have illegally used drugs to achieve their records. In the 2020 ceremony, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi became the first footballer to win the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award. He is also the first and only athlete to win it coming from a team sport. Moreover, in 2023, Messi once again won it and became the only sportperson as well as footballer to ever win the award twice from a team sport.[2][3]

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History

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The organisation, established in 1998 to do charity[5] by a partnership of Richemont and Daimler became known as "Laureus", its name being derived from the Greek word for laurel, considered a traditional symbol of victory in athletics.[6] The first Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony was held two years later, at which the patron and president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech which Edwin Moses has described as "iconic".[7]

Awards were made in seven regular categories and two discretionary categories at the inaugural ceremony, hosted by the American actors Jeff Bridges and Dylan McDermott.[8] Two of those awards would later be rescinded: both the American cyclist Lance Armstrong and the American track athlete Marion Jones were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs and had their awards withdrawn.[9] The award for American amputee sprinter Earle Connor, who won the 2004 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award, was also later rescinded.[10]

The awards are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of an "Oscar" for movies.[11][12][13]

Categories

The Laureus Nominations Panel, composed of more than 1,000 members of sports media from more than 70 countries, vote to create a shortlist of nominations in six categories:[14]

The nominees of the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability are chosen by the International Paralympic Committee.[14]

The Laureus World Sports Academy is an association of 68 retired sportspeople who volunteer to support the work of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. They also vote each year to decide the winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards. Template:As of, the chairman of the Academy is Sean Fitzpatrick, former rugby player from New Zealand.[15] The members of the Academy vote by secret ballot to select the winners.[16]

The public votes to select the winner for one category, the Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year.[17]

The Academy also makes discretionary awards, including:[17]

Ceremony

The Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony is held annually at various venues in various locations around the world. The inaugural ceremony took place at the Sporting Club in Monaco on 25 May 2000.[18] Template:As of, the ceremonies have been held in eleven cities around the world, and are broadcast in at least 160 countries.[19] Each Laureus World Sports Award winner receives a Cartier Laureus statuette which features a "representation of the striving human form".[19] The award weighs approximately Template:Convert (with Template:Convert of solid silver and a Template:Convert gold-finish base) and is Template:Convert tall.[19]

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The ceremony has been held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on three occasions.
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The 2015 ceremony took place at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, China.
Locations of Laureus World Sports Awards ceremonies
Year Location Venue Notes Ref(s)
2000 Template:Flagicon Monaco Sporting Club Patron was Nelson Mandela [8]
2001 Grimaldi Forum Patron was Prince Albert [20][21]
2002 [22][23]
2003 [24]
2004 Template:Flagicon Lisbon, Portugal Cultural Centre of Belém Patron was José Manuel Barroso [25][26]
2005 Template:Flagicon Estoril, Portugal Casino Estoril [27]
2006 Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Parc del Fòrum [28]
2007 Palau Sant Jordi Patron was Juan Carlos I of Spain [29]
2008 Template:Flagicon Saint Petersburg, Russia Mariinsky Theatre Attended by President Vladimir Putin [30]
2009 Ceremony cancelled due to world economic crisis; awards presented to winners individually at other events from May to June. [31]
2010 Template:Flagicon Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Emirates Palace [32]
2011 [33]
2012 Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom Central Hall Westminster [34]
2013 Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Theatro Municipal [35]
2014 Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Istana Budaya [36]
2015 Template:Flagicon Shanghai, China Shanghai Grand Theatre [37]
2016 Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany Palais am Funkturm [38]
2017 Template:Flagicon Monaco Sporting Club [39]
2018 [40]
2019 [41]
2020 Template:Flagicon Berlin, Germany Verti Halle Twentieth anniversary of awards [42][43]
2021 Template:Flagicon Seville, Spain Online Virtual ceremony [44]
2022 Template:Flagicon Seville, Spain Online Virtual ceremony [45]
2023 Template:Flagicon Paris, France Pavillon Vendome [46]
2024 Template:Flagicon Madrid, Spain Palacio de Cibeles [47]
2025 Twenty-fifth anniversary of awards [48]

Winners by category

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Daniel Dias has won the Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year Award three times.[49]

Regular awards

Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year

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Team of the Year

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Breakthrough of the Year

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Comeback of the Year

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Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year

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Action Sportsperson of the Year

Template:Main article Prior to 2007, this award was called Alternative Sportsperson of the Year.[50][51]

Best Sporting Moment

The Best Sporting Moment Award, inaugurated in 2017, and voted for by the public, was won by the FC Barcelona under-12 (Infantil-B) side for their sportsmanship in consoling a defeated opposition team.[52] The 2018 award was won by fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, who at the end of the first quarter of each home game turn toward the children's hospital that overlooks the playing field and wave to patients watching the game.[53][54] For the 2020 ceremony, the Best Sporting Moment was drawn from the previous two decades and voted for by the general public.[55] Referred to as the "Laureus Sporting Moment Award (2000–2020)", it was won by Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.[56] In 2021, Chris Nikic was presented with the Best Sporting Moment award.[44]

Discretionary awards

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Winners by year

Regular awards

Laureus World Sports Awards regular awards winners
Year SportsTemplate:Shyman SportsTemplate:Shywoman Team BreakTemplate:Shythrough ComeTemplate:Shyback Disability Action Moment Ref
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname* Manchester United Template:Sortname Template:Sortname* Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [9]
2001 Template:Sortname (2) Template:Sortname France national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [62]
2002 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Australia national cricket team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [63]
2003 Template:Sortname* Template:Sortname Brazil national football team Template:Sortname Ronaldo Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [64]
2004 Template:Sortname (2) Template:Sortname England national rugby union team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname* Template:Sortname — [10]
2005 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Greece national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [65]
2006 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Renault F1 team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [50]
2007 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Italy national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [51]
2008 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname South Africa national rugby union team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [66]
2009 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname (2) China Olympic team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [67]
2010 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Brawn F1 team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [68]
2011 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Spain national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [69]
2012 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Hs FC Barcelona Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [70]
2013 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:HsEurope Ryder Cup team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [71]
2014 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:HsBayern Munich Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [72]
2015 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Germany national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [73]
2016 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname New Zealand national rugby union team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — [74]
2017 Template:Sortname (4) Template:Sortname Chicago Cubs Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:HsFC Barcelona under-12s [75]
2018 Template:Sortname (5) Template:Sortname (4) Mercedes F1 Team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Chapecoense [53]
2019 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname France national football team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname [76]
2020 Template:Sortname &
Template:Sortname 		Template:Sortname South Africa national rugby union team Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname [56]
2021 Template:Sortname (2) Template:Sortname Bayern Munich Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — Template:Sortname [77]
2022 Max Verstappen Elaine Thompson-Herah Italy national football team Emma Raducanu Sky Brown Marcel Hug Bethany Shriever — [78]
2023 Lionel Messi (2) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Argentina national football team Carlos Alcaraz Christian Eriksen Catherine Debrunner Eileen Gu — [79]
2024 Novak Djokovic (5) Aitana Bonmatí Spain women's national football team Jude Bellingham Simone Biles Diede de Groot Arisa Trew — [80]
2025 Armand Duplantis Simone Biles (4) Real Madrid Lamine Yamal Rebeca Andrade Jiang Yuyan Tom Pidcock — [81]
Key
* Indicates individual whose award or nomination was later rescinded
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Discretionary awards

Laureus World Sports Awards discretionary awards recipients
Year Lifetime Sport for Good Spirit of Sport Exceptional Achievement Sporting Inspiration Athlete Advocate Sporting Icon Award Sport for good society Ref
2000 Pelé Template:Sortname — — — — — — [9]
2001 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — — — [62]
Template:Sortname Template:Dagger Template:Sortname Template:Dagger — — — — — — [63]
2003 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — — — [64]
2004 Template:Sortname Template:Dagger Mathare Youth Sports Association — — — — — — [10]
India national cricket team
Pakistan national cricket team 		[10]
2005 — Template:Sortname Boston Red Sox — — — — — [65]
2006 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — — [50]
2007 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:HsFC Barcelona — — — — — [51]
2008 Template:Sortname Template:HsBrendan and Sean Tuohy Template:Sortname — — — — — [66]
2009 — — — — — — — — [67]
2010 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — — — [68]
2011 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Template:HsEuropean Ryder Cup team — — — — — [69]
2012 Template:Sortname Raí — — — — — — [70]
2013 Template:Sortname — — Template:Sortname — — — — [71]
2014 — Magic Bus Afghanistan national cricket team — — — — — [72]
2015 — Skateistan Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — [73]
2016 Template:Sortname Moving the Goalposts Template:Sortname Template:Dagger — — — — — [74]
2017 — Waves for Change Leicester City — Refugee Olympic Team — — — [75]
2018 Template:Sortname Active Communities Network — Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — [53]
2019 Template:Sortname Yuwa Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — — — [76]
2020 Dirk Nowitzki South Bronx United — Spanish Basketball Federation — — — — [56]
2021 Template:Sortname Kickformore by Kickfair — — Template:Sortname Template:Sortname — — [77]
2022 Tom Brady Lost Boyz Inc. — Robert Lewandowski — Gerald Asamoah and the Black Eagles Valentino Rossi Real Madrid Foundation [78]
2023 — TeamUp (Robert Lewandowski) — — — — — — [79]
2024 — Fundación Rafa Nadal (Rafael Nadal) — — — — — — —
2025 Kelly Slater Kick4Life — — — — Rafael Nadal — [81]
Key
Template:Dagger Indicates posthumous award
— Not awarded

See also

References

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External links

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