The list of nominees for the 23rd edition of the Laureus Prize, an award given to the most outstanding sporting events throughout the year, was announced on Wednesday (2). Big names in global sports are competing in the “Best Athlete of the Year” category, including striker Robert Lewandowski, who won the Best in the World award by FIFA for the second time, in addition to him on the list is tennis player Novak Djokovic. Pilot Max Verstappen and Tom Brandy, American football player.
The person who will represent Brazil at the awards will be surfer Italo Ferreira, who will compete in the “Athlete in Action” category. The mystic who gave Brazil the first Olympic gold medal in the history of surfing ended up establishing himself as one of the great names in the history of Brazilian surfing. .
Italo Ferreira. (Image: clone/Instagram)
In the 2022 edition of the Laureus Awards, six athletes were nominated in each of the seven categories. The award's jury will consist of great sports legends and will be held in April with a virtual ceremony.
There will also be prominent female figures in the sport, such as Alexia Putellas, Barcelona's player and player of the year this season, and Elaine Thompson, who equaled Usain Bolt with gold medals in the 100m and 200m. In addition, gymnast Simone Biles, who withdrew from the Olympics last year, will compete for the Comeback of the Year award.
Categories and nominees:
1-Best male athlete of the year
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) – Football
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – Tennis
Max Verstappen (Netherlands) – Motorsport
Caleb Dressel (USA) – Swimming
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) – Athletics
Tom Brandy (USA) – American football
2- Best Female Athlete of the Year
Alexia Putellas (Spain) – Football
Eileen Thompson-Hira (Jamaica) – Athletics
Katie Ledecky (USA) – Swimming
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – tennis
Emma McKinnon (Australia) – Swimming
Allyson Felix (USA) – Athletics
3- Team of the Year
Argentina men's national football team
Italy men's national football team – European Championship champion
Mercedes (Germany) – Motorsport
Chinese Olympic diving team
Barcelona women's football
Milwaukee Bucks (USA) – Basketball
4- Athletes in action
Momiji Nishiya (Japan) – skateboard
Italo Ferreira (Brazil) – surfing
Yuto Horigumi (Japan) – skateboard
Bethany Shriver (UK) – BMX
Carosa Moore (USA) – surfing
Alberto Guinness (Spain) – sport climbing
5- The return of the Sunnah
Tom Daley (UK) – Diving
Skye Brown (UK) – skateboard
Simone Biles (USA) – artistic gymnastics
Marc Marquez (Spain) – Motorcycles
Annemieke van Vleuten (Netherlands) – cycling
Mark Cavendish (UK) – cycling
6- Athletes with disabilities
Didi de Groot (Netherlands) – wheelchair tennis
Marcel Haug (Switzerland) – wheelchair athletics
Shingo Kuneda (Japan) – wheelchair tennis)
Getz Plaat (Netherlands) – Cycling / Paratriathlon
Susana Rodriguez (Spain) – Paratriathlon
Sarah Storey (UK) – cycling
7-Sports for good
Ich will da rauf! (Germany) – Sport climbing
Giocca B. Cagna (Italy)
Kick for Life (Lesotho) – Football
Lost Boyz Company (USA) – Baseball and Softball
Monkey Magic (Japan) – sport climbing
Featured image: Italo Ferreira. Reproduction/Instagram
