The 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards nominations are officially announced, have a look at the list along with the date and time
On April 25, the complete list of winners and nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2023 has been made public.
Several of the sport’s icons will be present at the yearly awards presentation on May 8 in Paris.
Among the group’s top leaders are Paralympic medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson, Edwin Moses, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Nawal El Moutawakel, Chris Hoy, and Olympic gold winner Sebastian Coe.
Both Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who has won two individual sprint Olympic gold medals and six individual world titles, and Brazilian skateboard prodigy Rayssa Leal, who won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo at the age of 14, will be present.
Several notable people, including football giants like Carlos Puyol, Luis Figo, and Fabio Capello who are all Laureus Academy members, will attend the award ceremony.
Slum Soccer, the lone representative from India, was chosen for the Laureus Sport for Good shortlist.
Laureus World Sports Awards 2023 full nominations list, ceremony, date, time, venue, live stream
The 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards, the most prestigious honours in sport, will be held in Paris on May 8.
The Laureus Awards 2023 ceremony which is to be hosted by Hugh Grant will be broadcasted live on April 9 on Peacock in the US.
Sky Sports: United Kingdom
Canal+ Sport: France
Laureus Awards List and Nominees
The full list of Laureus Award nominees is provided below:
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award
Steph Curry (USA): Basketball player, led the Golden State Warriors to their fourth NBA championship in eight years.
Mondo Duplantis (Sweden): Achieved three world records and two world championships in athletics in 2022.
Kylian Mbappé (France): Footballer who topped Ligue 1 in goals and assists and won the Golden Boot at the World Cup.
Lionel Messi (Argentina): Footballer, World Cup captain; Golden Ball winner for best player.
Rafael Nadal (Spain): Tennis player, set a record in 2022 by winning two Grand Slam tournaments.
Max Verstappen (Netherlands): Defended his Formula One World Championship in 2022.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award
At the World Championships in athletics, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned a record-tying fifth 100-meter championship.
Swimming’s Katie Ledecky (USA); Four gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships set a new record.
United States athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 400-meter hurdles world record.
Alexia Putellas (Spain) guided Barcelona to a flawless league championship and won a second Ballon d’Or in football.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA won the World Cup’s overall title in Alpine skiing.
Iga Swiatek (Poland) became the top tennis player after winning in France and the United States.
Laureus World Team of the Year Award
Argentina Men’s Football Team, the defending World Cup champions, following a thrilling game against France.
The England Women’s Football Team won the European Championships in front of boisterous crowds at home.
The French Men’s Rugby Team completed the Grand Slam, breaking a 12-year title drought.
The Golden State Warriors (USA) have won the NBA championship in basketball for the fourth time in the last eight years.
The Austrian Red Bull Formula One Team overcame Mercedes to claim the constructors’ championship after eight years.
Real Madrid, a Spanish powerhouse, triumphs in both La Liga and the Champions League.
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam match in New York, propelling him to the #1 spot.
Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) is the world champion in the 100-meter hurdles and the holder of a new record.
In addition to winning the gold medal in figure skating at the Olympics, Nathan Chen (USA) also broke the world record in the short programme.
The Men’s Football Team from Morocco became the first from Africa to go to the World Cup semifinals.
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) won Wimbledon after being seeded 17th, winnimg her first Grand Slam title.
Golfer Scottie Scheffler (USA) finished second in the US Open and first at Augusta.
Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award
Francesco Bagnaia, a motorcyclist from Italy, overcame a 91-point deficit to claim the MotoGP title.
After suffering a heart attack during Euro 2020, Danish footballer Christian Eriksen returned the Premier League.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway); Athletics – won the 5000-meter world title despite suffering a devastating defeat in the 1500-meter race.
Klay Thompson (USA); basketball, helped the Golden State Warriors win the NBA championship after a 30-month absence.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) won the Tour de France Femme after overcoming illness.
Tiger Woods (USA); Golf – after a potentially career-ending car accident, rebounded to make the Masters cut.
Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award
In wheelchair tennis, Diede de Groot (Netherlands) completed second Grand Slam of the year.
Swiss athlete Catherine Debrunner broke four world records over the course of a three-day competition at home track.
Declan Farmer (USA), a para ice hockey player, took home nation’s third gold medal at the Paralympics and topped the field in goals.
Cameron Leslie (New Zealand) won gold in wheelchair rugby and swimming after a two-year absence.
At the Winter Paralympics, Oksana Masters (USA) won two gold medals in biathlon.
Norwegian skier Jesper Saltvik Pedersen won four gold medals at China’s Alpine slopes.
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award
France’s Justine Dupont, a big wave surfer, continues the dangerous search for massive waves for 2022.
Australian surfing legend Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) won eleventh world championship.
China’s Eileen Gu won two gold medals in freestyle skiing, one in the halfpipe and one in the big air.
American snowboarder Chloe Kim successfully defended Olympic crown in the halfpipe.
At the Summer X Games and the World Championships, Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal won the gold medal in the street event.
Brazilian high flyer Filipe Toledo won first world championship in surfing.
Laureus Sport for Good Award shortlist
Laureus Academy chooses the winning programmes from the programmes that have been selected by an expert selection panel.
Boxgirls in Kenya; the sport’s ability to break down preconceptions and empower young women.
Action Sports, which assists migrant and orphaned children in integrating into new areas, and High Five (Germany).
Multi-sport: Including individuals with disabilities in sport (South Africa’s Made For More).
