The Laureus World Sports Awards are awarded annually to sportspeople who have been outstanding during the previous year. The award giving gala has been hosted in Portugal for the last two years in a row. The 2006 gala will be held in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in Spain. ...

Winners by category

The list of nominees are compiled by a selection panel that consists of top sports media personalities from countries across the globe. They are invited by the Laureus Foundation and nominate finalists in February each year.

Sportsman of the Year

• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

• 2006: Roger Federer (Switzerland) - tennis
• 2005: Roger Federer (Switzerland) - tennis
• 2004: Michael Schumacher (Germany) - motor racing
• 2003: Lance Armstrong (USA) - cycling
• 2002: Michael Schumacher (Germany) - motor racing
• 2001: Tiger Woods (USA) - golf
• 2000: Tiger Woods (USA) - golf

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Sportswoman of the Year

• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year

List of winners and nominees of the Laureus World Sports Awards: Sportswoman of the Year List of winners and nominees Trivia Nominations By sport: Athletics: 16 (Jones, Szabo, Freeman, Dragila, Radcliffe, Mutola, Holmes, Isinbayeva, Klüft and Dibaba) Tennis: 9 (Davenport, Capriati, Serena & Venus Williams, Henin-Hardenne, Sharapova and Clijsters...

Team of the Year

• 2005: Greece national football team
• 2004: England national rugby union team
• 2003: Brazil national football team
• 2002: Australian men's cricket team
• 2001: France national football team
• 2000: Manchester United

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Newcomer of the Year

• 2006: Rafael Nadal (Spain) - tennis
• 2005: Liu Xiang (China) - track and field athletics
• 2004: Michelle Wie (USA) - golf
• 2003: Yao Ming (China) - basketball
• 2002: Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) - Formula One racing
• 2001: Marat Safin (Russia) - tennis
• 2000: Sergio García (Spain) - golf

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Comeback of the Year

• Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

List of winners and nominees of the Laureus World Sports Awards: Comeback of the Year. ...

Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year

• 2006: Ernst van Dyk (South Africa) - wheelchair racing
• 2005: Chantal Petitclerc (Canada) - track and field athletics
• 2004: Earle Connor (Canada) - track and field athletics
• 2003: Michael Milton (Australia) - alpine skiing
• 2002: Esther Vergeer (Netherlands) - wheelchair tennis
• 2001: Vinny Lauwers (Australia) - yachting
• 2000: Louise Sauvage (Australia) - athletics

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Alternative Sportsperson of the Year

• 2005: Ellen MacArthur (Great Britain) - yachting
• 2004: Layne Beachley (Australia) - surfing
• 2003: Dean Potter (United States) - speed climbing
• 2002: Bob Burnquist (Brazil) - skateboarding
• 2001: Mike Horn (South Africa) - sailing
• 2000: Shaun Palmer (United States) - Winter X Games

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Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2005: No award
• 2004: Arne Naess (Norway) - mountaineering
• 2003: Gary Player (South Africa) - golf
• 2002: Sir Peter Blake (New Zealand) - yachting
• 2001: Steve Redgrave (Great Britain) - rowing
• 2000: Pelé (Brazil) - football

Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arne Næss Jr. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gary Player on the cover of a 1999 golf instruction video. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Sir Peter Blake KBE (October 1, 1948–December 6, 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave, or less formally Steve Redgrave, (born 23 March 1962 in Marlow, England), is a British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Pelé with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Honorary KBE, (born October 23, 1940), nicknamed Pelé (pron. ...

Spirit of Sport Award

• 2005: Boston Red Sox (USA) - baseball

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Sport for Good Award

• 2005: Gerry Story (Northern Ireland) - boxing trainer
• 2004: Indian men's cricket team, Pakistan men's cricket team / MYSA Mathare Youth Sport Association
• 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger (USA (originally Austrian)) - bodybuilding
• 2002: Sir Peter Blake (New Zealand) - yachting
• 2001: Kip Keino (Kenya) - running
• 2000: Eunice Kennedy Shriver

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Awards by year

2005

Roger Federer is a professional tennis player who in 2004 became the 23rd World No. ... Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born 19 April 1970) is a British middle distance athlete. ... First international Greece 1 - 4 Italy (Athens, Greece; 7 April 1929) Largest win Greece 8 - 0 Syria (Athens, Greece; 25 November 1949) Worst defeat Greece 1 - 11 Hungary (Budapest, Hungary; 25 March 1938) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1994) Best result Round 1, 1994 European Championship Appearances 2 (First... Liu Xiang (Simplified Chinese: 刘翔, pinyin: Liú Xiáng) (born July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese hurdling athlete. ... Alessandro Alex Zanardi, b. ... Chantal Petitclerc (born December 15, 1969 in Quebec, Quebec) is a Canadian wheelchair athlete. ... Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is a British sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1915 1912 â€¢ 1903 AL Pennants (11) 2004 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1975 â€¢ 1967 1946 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1915 1912 â€¢ 1904 â€¢ 1903 East Division titles (5) 1995 â€¢ 1990 â€¢ 1988 â€¢ 1986 1975 Wild card berths...

2004

Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth, near Cologne) is a German Formula One driver and the most successful driver of all time. ... (born October 9, 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. ... England Rugby is the name of the English national rugby union team. ... Michelle Wie (born October 11, 1989) is a professional American golfer who has gained attention for her long drives and her attempts to make a cut at a PGA Tour event. ... Hermann Maier (born December 7, 1972, Altenmarkt) is an Austrian skier who has won four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998) and three World Championship titles (1999: 2, 2005: 1). ... Layne Beachley (born May 24, 1972) is a professional surfer from Manly in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... For the philosopher and mountaineer, see Arne Næss For the businessman, mountaineer, and former husband of Diana Ross, see Arne Næss Jr. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ...

2003

Lance Armstrong (born on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an African-American professional womens tennis player, who is a former World No. ... First international Argentina 5 - 0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 20, 1914) Largest win Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949) Worst defeat Uruguay 6 - 0 Brazil (Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920) World Cup Appearances 18 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1958... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (b. ... Michael Milton is an Australian Winter Paralympic skier. ... Gary Player on the cover of a 1999 golf instruction video. ...

Laureus World Sports Academy Members

Active

Members with an dagger (†) after their names are not original members, but were selected to replace deceased members. More recently, the Academy was expanded from 40 to 42 members; the newest members have an asterisk (*) after their names.

• Giacomo Agostini (Italy) - motorcycling
• Severiano Ballesteros (Spain) - golf
• Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) - football
• Boris Becker (Germany) - tennis
• Ian Botham (England) - cricket
• Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union/Ukraine) - athletics
• Bobby Charlton (England) - football
• Sebastian Coe (England) - athletics
• Nadia Comaneci (Romania) - gymnastics
• Deng Yaping † (China) - table tennis
• David Douillet † (France) - judo
• Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) - motor racing
• Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand) - rugby union
• Dawn Fraser (Australia) - swimming
• Tanni Grey-Thompson (British) - paralympic athletics
• Tony Hawk (USA) - skateboarding
• Miguel Induráin (Spain) - cycling
• Michael Johnson (USA) - athletics
• Michael Jordan (USA) - basketball
• Kapil Dev (India) - cricket
• Kip Keino (Kenya) - athletics
• Franz Klammer (Austria) - skiing
• Dan Marino (USA) - American football
• John McEnroe (USA) - tennis
• Edwin Moses (USA) - athletics (current chairman)
• Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco) - athletics
• Robby Naish (USA) - windsurfing & kiteboarding
• Ilie Nastase (Romania) - tennis
• Martina Navratilova (USA) - tennis
• Jack Nicklaus (USA) - golf
• Pelé (Brazil) - football
• Gary Player (South Africa) - golf
• Morné du Plessis (South Africa) - rugby union
• Hugo Porta (Argentina) - rugby union
• Viv Richards (West Indies) - cricket
• Monica Seles * (USA) - tennis
• Mark Spitz (USA) - swimming
• Daley Thompson (England) - athletics
• Alberto Tomba (Italy) - skiing
• Steve Waugh * (Australia) - cricket
• Katarina Witt (Germany) - figure skating
• Yasuhiro Yamashita (Japan) - judo

Agostini in 2003 Giacomo Agostini, nickname Ago, born 16 June 1942 in Brescia, Italy was a motorcyclist. ... Severiano Seve Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957 in Pedreña, Spain) is a Spanish golfer who was one of the sports leading figures in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a famous German football player, coach and manager, nicknamed der Kaiser (the emperor) because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities and his domination on the football pitch. ... Country: Germany Residence: Schwyz, Switzerland Height: 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight: 85 Kg (187 lb ) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1984 Retired: 25 June 1999 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1/28/1991) Singles titles: 49 Career Prize Money: US$21,966,402 Grand Slam Record Titles: 6 Australian Open... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Beefy) was one of Englands best-ever cricketers and one of the best all-round cricketers of all time. ... Sergey Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 14 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian (and former Soviet) athlete. ... Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937) Ashington, Northumberland is a former English professional football player who won a World Cup medal and the European Footballer of the Year award in 1966. ... Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, OBE (born September 29, 1956) is a British athlete, and Conservative Party politician. ... Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci ) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. ... Deng Yaping (born February 5, 1973) is arguably the greatest female table tennis player of all time. ... Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Dawn Fraser, AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ... Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson (b. ... Tony Hawk in action Anthony Frank Tony Hawk (born May 12, 1968 in Carlsbad, CA) is widely regarded as the most famous skateboarder of all time, and is considered the pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding. ... Miguel Ángel Induráin Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... Michael Duane Johnson, (born September 13, 1967), is a U.S. former sprinter who holds world records in the 200 m (19. ... Michael Jeffery Jordan (born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former basketball player, and is considered by many to be the greatest of all time. ... Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj was the former captian of the Indian Cricket Team. ... Kipchoge (Kip) Keino (born January 17, 1940) was a Kenyan runner. ... Franz Klammer (born December 3, 1953) was an Austrian skier who dominated the downhill event throughout much of the mid to late 1970s. ... Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. ... John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. ... At World Championship 1987 Edwin Corley Moses (born in Dayton, Ohio August 31, 1955) is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. ... Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan hurdler, born on 15 April 1962 in Casablanca. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Martina Navrátilová â–¶ (help· info) (b. ... Nicklaus celebrates his victory in the 1980 U.S. Open Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio), also known as The Golden Bear, was a major force in professional golf, first on the PGA Tour from the 1960s to the mid to late 1980s, and then on... Pelé with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Honorary KBE, (born October 23, 1940), nicknamed Pelé (pron. ... Gary Player on the cover of a 1999 golf instruction video. ... Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951) is a former Argentine rugby union footballer who played fly-half. ... Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born St Johns, Antigua on 7 March 1952), better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv is a former West Indian cricketer. ... Monica Seles in 1995. ... Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is a Jewish American swimmer. ... Francis Morgan Daley Thompson, born July 30th, 1958 in London, England, is a former British decathlete. ... Alberto Tomba (born December 19, 1966, Castel de Britti, San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna), popularly called Tomba la Bomba (Tomba the Bomb), is a retired professional alpine skier of Italian nationality. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. ... Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ...

Deceased

• Peter Blake (New Zealand) - yachting
• Bill Shoemaker (USA) - horse racing

Sir Peter Blake KBE (October 1, 1948–December 6, 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories. ... William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 _ October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ...

External link

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