Laureus World Sports Awards

The Laureus World Sports Awards are annual international honors recognizing sporting achievement, presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Their winners are selected by members of the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Laureus World Sports Academy: An association of retired athletes that selects winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards. Its members cast the votes that determine the award winners.
Laureus World Sports Awards nomination process: The process through which sporting achievements are nominated and shortlisted for Laureus awards. A worldwide nomination stage creates the shortlist considered by academy members.
Laureus World Sports Awards inaugural ceremony: The first Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony, held in 2000 in Monaco. The 2000 ceremony established the awards as an annual international event.
Sports diplomacy: The use of sport and sporting relationships to support diplomatic goals or international understanding. A ceremony bringing together athletes and public figures gives sport a diplomatic stage.
Roger Federer: A Swiss former professional tennis player who won 20 Grand Slam singles titles. Federer holds the record for the most Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards.
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation: A charitable foundation that uses sport to support young people and address social challenges. It created the awards as part of a broader mission to use sport for social change.
Laureus World Sports Awards voting: The voting process by which Laureus World Sports Academy members select award winners. Academy voting turns the shortlist into the annual winners.
Nelson Mandela: South Africa’s first Black president, who led the country from 1994 to 1999. Mandela’s support helped frame sport as a force for social change at the awards’ launch.
Athlete activism: Athletes’ efforts to influence social or political issues through public action. Laureus’s social mission connects sporting prestige with broader public causes.
Serena Williams: An American former professional tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles. Her repeated Laureus recognition illustrates the awards’ reach across women’s sport.

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