Laureus World Sports Awards 2025: Check Full List Of Nominees In All Categories

The award ceremony takes place in Madrid on April 21. It will be up to the 69 sporting icons of the Laureus World Sports Academy to cast their votes and determine who will add their names to the exclusive list of those to receive a coveted Laureus Statuette.

Below is the full list of Nominees across all categories:

LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Tennis - Won the French Open, Wimbledon and the Olympic silver medal

• Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) Athletics - retained Olympic pole vault title; has now broken world record 10 times

• Léon Marchand (France) Swimming - won four individual gold medals at the Paris Olympics

• Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) Cycling - 25 wins, including Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and World Championship

• Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Motor Racing - won a fourth successive Formula One World Championship

LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics - impressive return to Olympic stage with three golds and a silver in Paris

• Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) Football - second straight Ballon d’Or Feminin as Barcelona won Champions League, Liga F and Copa de la Reina

• Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) Athletics - bronze in 5,000m and 10,000m plus marathon gold in Paris

• Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Athletics - became the only three-time Olympic champion in 1,500 metres in Paris

• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) Athletics - Olympic golds in 400m hurdles and 4 x 400m relay

• Aryna Sabalenka Tennis - won Australian and US Opens; became World No.1 in singles and doubles

LAUREUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD

• FC Barcelona Women라이브 바카라 Team (Spain) Football - won Champions League, Liga F and the Copa de la Reina

• Boston Celtics (USA) Basketball - claimed a record 18th NBA title, one more than their old rivals LA Lakers

• McLaren Formula One Team (UK) Formula One - secured their first World Constructors’ Championship since 1998

• Real Madrid (Spain) Football - won 15th Champions League/European Cup, La Liga and Supercopa de España

• Spain Men라이브 바카라 Football Team - became most successful team in European Championship history with fourth win

• USA Basketball Men's National Team - claimed USA라이브 바카라 fifth straight Olympic gold to emulate the famous Dream Team

LAUREUS WORLD BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Julien Alfred (St Lucia) Athletics - won 100m in debut Olympics to take home St Lucia라이브 바카라 first-ever Olympic gold

• Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) Football - Bundesliga champions for first time in their 120-year history after unbeaten season

• Summer McIntosh (Canada) Swimming - won three individual golds and a silver in Paris

• Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) Athletics - won 200m gold medal, Botswana라이브 바카라 first-ever Olympic gold medal

• Victor Wembanyama (France) Basketball - San Antonio Spurs centre won the NBA Rookie of the Year

• Lamine Yamal (Spain) Football - named Best Young Player as Spain won the European Championships

LAUREUS WORLD COMEBACK OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) Gymnastics - battling back from injury, she won Olympic gold, two silvers and bronze

• Caeleb Dressel (USA) Swimming - overcame mental health issues to win two relay golds and a silver in Paris

• Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) Alpine Skiing - won overall World Cup title for first time since 2015/16 season

• Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling - returned from serious injury to win three Grand Prix in 2024

• Rishabh Pant (India) Cricket - 629 days after a life-threatening car crash, returned to play for India Test team

• Ariarne Titmus (Australia) Swimming - defended her Olympic 400m freestyle title less than year after being diagnosed with a tumour

LAUREUS WORLD ACTION SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Yuto Horigome (Japan) Skateboarding - landed best trick of street competition to secure back-to-back Olympic golds

• Chloe Kim (USA) Snowboarding - won her seventh X-Games superpipe gold medal

• Caroline Marks (USA) Surfing - 22-year-old won the Olympic surfing gold in Tahiti

• Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) Speed Climbing - set two world records on her way to Paris gold

• Tom Pidcock (UK) Mountain Biking - won back-to-back Olympic titles in the cyclo-cross discipline

• Arisa Trew (Australia) Skateboarding - became Australia라이브 바카라 youngest-ever Olympic champion, aged 14

LAUREUS WORLD SPORTPERSON OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY AWARD

• Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) Athletics - won five gold medals and a silver at the Paris Paralympics

• Teresa Perales (Spain) Swimming - won bronze in Paris, to take her Paralympic medal haul to 28

• Tokito Oda (Japan) Wheelchair Tennis - came from match point down to become youngest-ever Paralympic singles winner

• Matt Stutzman (USA) Archery - became first-ever armless para-archery champion to win Olympic gold

• Jiang Yuyan (China) Swimming - most-decorated athlete at Paralympics, she won seven golds from seven events

• Qu Zimo (China) Wheelchair Badminton - won three golds at World Championship, then two more in Paris

LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD AWARD 

• Programmes nominated by a specialist selection panel; Laureus Academy select the winner 

• Kick4life (Lesotho) Football x Gender Equity - uses football to reach at-risk children and young people

• Figure Skating Harlem (USA) Figure Skating x Racial Equity - help girls transform their lives through figure skating

• Kind Surf (Spain) Surfing x Inclusion - uses surf therapy to support young people at risk of social exclusion due to intellectual disabilities

• Liberi Nantes (Italy) Football x Social Inclusion – offers wide range of sporting activities for refugees and political asylum seekers

• Paris Basket 18 (France) Basketball x Gender Equity - focuses on development of women라이브 바카라 sport, and promotes social integration

• Street League (UK) Multi-sport x Employability - uses the power of sport to help young people aged 14-30 prepare for employment and training opportunities