Italo Ferreira was nominated for a Laureus, Sports Oscar; See nominees and categories – run

Brazil will be represented in this year’s edition of Laureus AwardAnd the oscar sportsfor every Italo Ferreira. The Olympic surfing champion is nominated in this category Best Action Athlete of 2021 He will compete for honor with five other outstanding athletes at the Tokyo Olympics.

This is Italo’s second nomination for the prestigious award. In 2020, she competed in the same category, and the winner is North American Chloe Kim, off the ice. Risa Leal, Fadina, also got engaged two years ago. This time he was out of the list, despite the great season, with the right to a silver medal at the Olympics.

The first Olympic champion in surfing history, Italo will be his main competitor in the fray American Karissa Moore, who also won the gold medal in surfing at the Olympics. After peaking the podium at the Olympics, he won his fifth world title.

Nominated for Best Action Athlete of 2021

• Ítalo Ferreira (Brazil | Surfing): Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
• Carissa Moore (USA | surfing): Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
• Yuto Horigum (Japan | Figure skating): Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
• Momiji Nishiya (Japan | Ski): Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
• Alberto Guinness (Spain | climbing): gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
• Bethany Shriver (England | Cycling): Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.

The nominees in each category were chosen by a vote from the Laureus World Sports Academy, the world’s elite sports jury, made up of 71 of the greatest sports legends in history. In the Sports for Good award, there was a specialized jury.

The award ceremony has been scheduled for April, the day has yet to be set, and will take place again roughly, as it was last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finalists in all Laureus categories

• Best Male Athlete: Tom Brady (USA/football), Novak Djokovic (Serbia/tennis), Caleb Dressel (USA/swimming), Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya/athletics), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/football), Max Verstappen (Netherlands / Motorsports).

• Best Sports: Ashleigh Barty (Australia/tennis), Allison Felix (USA/athletics), Katie Ledecky (USA/swimming), Emma McKeown (Australia/swimming), Alexia Butillas (Spain/football) and Elaine Thompson-Herrah (Jamaica/Athletics).

• Team of the Year: Argentina men’s soccer team, Barcelona women’s soccer team, Chinese Olympic diving team, Italian men’s soccer team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas (Germany/Formula 1), Milwaukee Bucks (USA/basketball).

• general inspiration: Neeraj Chopra (India/athletics), Daniel Medvedev (Russia/tennis), Pedri (Spain/football), Emma Radocano (UK/tennis), Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela/athletics) and Ariarn Titmus (Australia/swimming) .

• return of the year: Simone Biles (US/artistic gymnastics), Sky Brown (UK/skateboard), Mark Cavendish (UK/cycling), Tom Daly (UK/diving), Marc Marquez (Spain/motocycle) and Animek Fan Valjoten (Netherlands / Cycling).

• Paralympic athlete: Diede De Groot (Netherlands / wheelchair tennis), Marcel Hug (Switzerland / wheelchair athletics), Shingo Kunieda (Japan / wheelchair tennis), Jetze Plat (Netherlands / Paracycling and paratriathlon), Susana Rodriguez (Spain / Paratriathlon ) and Sarah Storey (UK / Paracycling).

• work athlete: Italo Ferreira (Brazil/surfing), Alberto Guinness (Spain/sports climbing), Yuto Horigumi (Japan/surfing), Karissa Moore (US/surfing), Momiji Nishiya (Japan/skateboarding) and Bethany Shriver (King United / BMX).

• Sports for Good Award: Ich will da rauf! (Germany/Climbing), Jucà Pe Cagnà (Italy/Miscellaneous Sports), Kick 4 Life (Lesotho/Football), Lost Boyz Inc. (USA / Baseball & Softball) and Monkey Magic (Japan / Sports Climbing).