Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award is an award honouring the achievements of those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the inaugural awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards.[3] 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] The recipient is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in various locations around the world.[6] Although the Laureus Awards ceremony is held annually, the Lifetime Achievement Award is not necessarily presented every time; it is one of a number of discretionary awards that can be given by the Laureus World Sports Academy.[3] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of "Oscars".[7][8][9]

The inaugural Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Brazilian footballer Pelé. Since then, thirteen further awards have been given to individuals, all men with the exception of Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel (2010). Footballers have received more awards than any other sports with five, and only Great Britain has multiple winners with three: Steve Redgrave (2001), Bobby Charlton (2012) and Sebastian Coe (2013). As of 2020, two individuals have been honoured posthumously. The New Zealand yachtsman Peter Blake was shot dead by pirates on the Amazon River in December 2001.[10] Arne Næss Jr., the Norwegian mountaineer, died in a climbing accident in South Africa four months before the 2004 ceremony.[11] No award was presented at the 2005, 2009, or 2017 Laureus Awards ceremonies;[12] American tennis player Billie Jean King won the award in the 2021 Laureus Awards ceremony in Seville.[2] The most recent recipient of the award is quarterback Tom Brady.

Recipients

Key
dagger Indicates posthumous award
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
Year Image Winner Nationality Sport Ref.
2000 100px Pelé  BRA Football [13]
2001 100px Steve Redgrave  GBR Rowing [14]
2002
–
 Peter Blake dagger  NZL Yachting [15]
2003 Gary Player in 2008 Gary Player  RSA Golf [16]
2004
–
 Arne Næss Jr.dagger  NOR Mountaineering [17]
2005 No award [18]
2006 Johann Cruyff in 1974 Johan Cruyff  NED Football [19]
2007 Franz Beckenbauer in 2014 Franz Beckenbauer  GER Football [20]
2008 Sergey Bubka in 2013 Sergey Bubka  UKR Athletics [21]
2009 No award [22]
2010 Nawal El Moutawakel in 2009 Nawal El Moutawakel  MAR Athletics [23]
2011 100px Zinedine Zidane  FRA Football [24]
2012 Bobby Charlton in 2010 Bobby Charlton  GBR Football [25]
2013 Sebastian Coe in 2012 Sebastian Coe  GBR Athletics [26]
2014 No award [27]
2015 No award [28]
2016 Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg Niki Lauda  AUT Formula One [29]
2017 No award [12]
2018 100px Edwin Moses  USA Athletics [30]
2019 100px Arsène Wenger  FRA Football [31]
2020 Dirk Nowitzki in 2019 Dirk Nowitzki  GER Basketball [32]
2021 Billie Jean King in 2011 Billie Jean King  USA Tennis [2]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Laureus_Lifetime_Achievement_Award&oldid=726641949"