Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year

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Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year
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Jude Bellingham, 2024 winner
Awarded for"Awarded to the sportsperson or team whose performance as a newcomer suggests the greatest potential for an outstanding career or to an established sportsman or sportswoman who produces a significant step-up in class to a considerably higher level of sporting achievement." [1]
LocationMadrid (2024) [2]
Presented byLaureus Sport for Good Foundation
First awarded2000
Currently held by Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jude Bellingham
Website Official website

The Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year (known as the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year prior to 2007) [3] is an annual award honouring the achievements of those individuals or teams who have made a breakthrough performance in the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. [1] The awards are presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global organisation involved in more than 150 charity projects supporting 500,000 young people. [4] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. [5] As of 2020, a shortlist of six nominees for the award comes from a panel composed of the "world's leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters". [1] The Laureus World Sports Academy then selects the individual winner or winning team who is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in various locations around the world. [6] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of "Oscars". [7] [8] [9]

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The inaugural winner of the award was the Spanish golfer Sergio García. During his debut season as a professional, the 19-year-old finished one stroke behind Tiger Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship and became the youngest player to gain selection for Team Europe for the Ryder Cup. [10] [11] In 2018 he also became the first and, As of 2020, only person to win the award twice, after winning his first major golf tournament (The Masters) at the age of 37. [12] Altogether, the award has been won by five women and eighteen men, although several teams have also been nominated. British sportspeople have won more awards than any other nationality with six, followed by Spanish with five. Tennis players are the most successful overall with seven wins, followed by golfers with six.

The winner in 2017 was the German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg. Having beaten teammate Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 World Championship title by five points, Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport five days later, two months prior to collecting his Laureus statuette. [13] [14]

The 2024 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year was an English football player Jude Bellingham.

List of winners and nominees

Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year winners and nominees
YearImageWinnerNationalitySportNomineesRefs
2000 SergioGarcia1.jpg Sergio García Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Golf Kurt Warner (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – American football
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis 		[15] [16]
2001 2006 04 11 safin.jpg Marat Safin Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Tennis Aaron Baddeley (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – golf
Jenson Button (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – Formula One
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – tennis
Brett Lee (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – cricket 		[17] [18]
2002 Juan Pablo Montoya (cropped).jpg Juan Pablo Montoya Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Formula One Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL) – tennis
Steven Gerrard (Flag of England.svg  ENG) – football
Justine Henin (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL) – tennis
Andy Roddick (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis 		[9] [19]
2003 Yao Ming (2311329632).jpg Yao Ming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Basketball Daniela Hantuchová (Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK) – tennis
David Nalbandian (Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG) – tennis
Wayne Rooney (Flag of England.svg  ENG) – football
Jochem Uytdehaage (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – speed skating 		[20] [21]
2004 2007 LPGA Championship - Michelle Wie 2.jpg Michelle Wie Flag of the United States.svg  USA Golf Fernando Alonso (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – Formula One
Ben Curtis (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
LeBron James (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – basketball
Robinho (Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA) – football
Maria Sharapova (Flag of Russia.svg  RUS) – tennis 		[22] [23]
2005 Liu xiang 2004.jpg Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Athletics Amir Khan (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – boxing
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Flag of Russia.svg  RUS) – tennis
Laure Manaudou (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – swimming
Dani Pedrosa (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – MotoGP
Xing Huina (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – athletics 		[24] [25]
2006 Rafael Nadal 2006.jpg Rafael Nadal Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Tennis Paula Creamer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Lionel Messi (Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG) – football
Andy Murray (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – tennis
Danica Patrick (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – auto racing
Ben Roethlisberger (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – American football 		[26] [27]
2007 Mauresmo Wimbeldon 2007 001.jpg Amélie Mauresmo Flag of France.svg  FRA Tennis Xavier Carter (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – athletics
Ghana men's national football team (Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA) – football
Lewis Hamilton (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – Formula One
Britta Steffen (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – swimming
Ma Xiaoxu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – football 		[28] [29]
2008 Lewis Hamilton 2008 2 amk.jpg Lewis Hamilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Formula One Novak Djokovic (Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB) – tennis
Tyson Gay (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – athletics
Alberto Contador (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – cycling
Oscar Pistorius (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – athletics
Casey Stoner (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – MotoGP 		[30] [31]
2009 Rebecca adlington.png Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Swimming Novak Djokovic (Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB) – tennis
Ana Ivanovic (Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB) – tennis
Anthony Kim (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Sebastian Vettel (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – Formula One
Zou Kai (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – gymnastics 		[32] [33] [34]
2010 Jenson Button 2010 Malaysia.jpg Jenson Button Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Formula One Mark Cavendish (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – cycling
Tom Daley (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – diving
Juan Martín del Potro (Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG) – tennis
Jiyai Shin (Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR) – golf
VfL Wolfsburg (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – football 		[35] [36]
2011 MartinKaymer02.jpg Martin Kaymer Flag of Germany.svg  GER Golf Christophe Lemaitre (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – athletics
Teddy Tamgho (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – athletics
Louis Oosthuizen (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – golf
Matteo Manassero (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – golf
Thomas Müller (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – football 		[37] [38]
2012 Rory McIlroy iron shot (closer).jpg Rory McIlroy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Golf Li Na (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – tennis
Oscar Pistorius (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – athletics
Mo Farah (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Petra Kvitová (Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE) – tennis
Yohan Blake (Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM) – athletics 		[39] [40]
2013 Murray A. QC13-016 (9429237870).jpg Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Tennis Gabby Douglas (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – gymnastics
Kirani James (Flag of Grenada.svg  GRN) – athletics
Neymar (Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA) – football
Yannick Agnel (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – swimming
Ye Shiwen (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – swimming 		[41] [42]
2014 Marc Marquez 2015b.jpg Marc Márquez Flag of Spain.svg  ESP MotoGP Afghanistan men's national cricket team (Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  AFG) – cricket
Raphael Holzdeppe (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – athletics
Nairo Quintana (Flag of Colombia.svg  COL) – cycling
Justin Rose (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – golf
Adam Scott (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – golf 		[43] [44]
2015 Daniel Ricciardo 2015 Malaysia.jpg Daniel Ricciardo Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Formula One Marin Čilić (Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO) – tennis
Mario Götze (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – football
Switzerland Davis Cup team (Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI) – tennis
Mikaela Shiffrin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – alpine skiing
James Rodríguez (Flag of Colombia.svg  COL) – football 		[45] [46]
2016 Jordan Spieth February 2015 (cropped).jpg Jordan Spieth Flag of the United States.svg  USA Golf Max Verstappen (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – Formula One
Chile men's national football team (Flag of Chile.svg  CHI) – football
Adam Peaty (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – swimming
Tyson Fury (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – boxing
Jason Day (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – golf 		[47] [48]
2017 Nico Rosberg 2016 Malaysia 1.jpg Nico Rosberg Flag of Germany.svg  GER Formula One Almaz Ayana (Flag of Ethiopia.svg  ETH) – athletics
Fiji men's rugby sevens team (Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ) – rugby sevens
Iceland men's football team (Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL) – football
Leicester City F.C. (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – football
Wayde van Niekerk (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – athletics 		[14] [49]
2018 Sergio Garcia 2013.jpg Sergio García Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Golf Giannis Antetokounmpo (Flag of Greece.svg  GRE) – basketball
Caeleb Dressel (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – swimming
Anthony Joshua (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – boxing
Kylian Mbappé (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – football
Jeļena Ostapenko (Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT) – tennis 		[50] [51]
2019 Osaka WM17 (4) (36143097936).jpg Naomi Osaka Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tennis Ana Carrasco (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – MotoGP
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Flag of Norway.svg  NOR) – athletics
Geraint Thomas (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – cycling
Sofia Goggia (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – Alpine skiing
Briana Williams (Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM) – athletics 		[52] [53]
2020 Tour de France 2019, Egan Bernal (48417058947) (cropped).jpg Egan Bernal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Cycling Andy Ruiz (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – boxing
Bianca Andreescu (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – tennis
Coco Gauff (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis
Japan men's rugby team (Flag of Japan.svg  JPN) – rugby union
Regan Smith (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – swimming 		[54] [55]
2021 Patrick Mahomes military appreciation2018 (cropped).jpg Patrick Mahomes Flag of the United States.svg  USA American football Ansu Fati (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – football
Joan Mir (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – MotoGP
Tadej Pogačar (Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN) – cycling
Iga Świątek (Flag of Poland.svg  POL) – tennis
Dominic Thiem (Flag of Austria.svg  AUT) – tennis 		[56]
2022 Emma Raducanu 2021 Transylvania Open.jpg Emma Raducanu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Tennis Neeraj Chopra (Flag of India.svg  IND) – athletics
Daniil Medvedev (Flag of Russia.svg  RUS) – tennis
Pedri (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – football
Yulimar Rojas (Flag of Venezuela.svg  VEN) – athletics
Ariarne Titmus (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – swimming 		[57]
2023 Alcaraz MCM22 (27) (52036462443) (edited).jpg Carlos Alcaraz Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Tennis Elena Rybakina (Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ) – Tennis
Morocco men's national football team (Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR) – football
Nathan Chen (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Figure skating
Scottie Scheffler (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Golf
Tobi Amusan (Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGR) – Athletics 		[58]
2024 2022 FIFA World Cup - Bellingham (cropped).jpg Jude Bellingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Football Linda Caicedo (Flag of Colombia.svg  COL) – Football
Coco Gauff (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) - Tennis
Qin Haiyang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – Swimming
Josh Kerr (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – Athletics
Salma Paralluelo (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – Football 		[59]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 2024 winners.

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