It was not this year that the title of ‘action sportsman of the year’ ended up in the hands of surf representatives. That’s because the Laureus Award announced the winners and both surfers who competed, the Brazilian Italo Ferreira and the Hawaiian Carissa Moore, ended up empty-handed.
On the other hand, the title went to Bethany Shriever, from Great Britain. The athlete became ‘Laureus Action Sportsperson of the Year’ after winning, in the same year, the gold medals in the Olympic Games and in the BMX World Championship.
An interesting curiosity about Shriever, is that before the Olympics she needed to raise money through crowdfunding to fund her own qualification campaign, after the UK Sport agency cut her support.
crowned skateboard
THE Laureus World Comeback of the Year winner was skater Sky Brown, who suffered a fractured skull when he fell headfirst off a half-pipe during a training session in June 2020.
The Japanese-British skater arrived at the hospital unconscious, but recovered and even competed in the Olympics. At the age of 13 years and 28 days, she finished third in the women’s park skate final and won the bronze medal, becoming Britain’s youngest Olympic medalist.
Check out the complete list of winners:
- Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award: Max Verstappen
- Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award: Elaine Thompson-Herah
- Laureus World Team of the Year Award: Italy Men’s National Football Team
- Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award: Emma Raducanu
- Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award: Sky Brown
- Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award: Marcel Hugh
- Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award: Bethany Shriever
- Laureus Sport for Good Award: Lost Boyz Inc.
- Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Brady
- Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award: Robert Lewandowski
- Laureus Sporting Icon Award: Valentino Rossi
- Laureus Sport for Good Society Award: Real Madrid Foundation
- Laureus Athlete Advocate of the Year Award: Gerald Asamoah and the Black Eagles
In Brazil, Laureus Sport for Good supports 12 social projects, the program uses sport to deal with violence, discrimination and inequality. Among the projects supported in Brazil are the following modalities: football, wrestling, rugby, athletics, among others.
The winners of the 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards were announced at a digital ceremony held in Seville. Leading an illustrious group of sports stars honored by the Laureus World Sports Academy are Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen and Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah, named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, respectively. .
surf in the race
Gabriel Medina has also been nominated in this category twice, in 2015 and 2019. However, to date, no Brazilian has actually won the award.
Maya Gabeira and Stephanie Gilmore are also in the women’s surfing hall nominated for the award. Gilmore won in 2011 and Kelly Slater won the award four times.
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