By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
On Monday, the nominees for the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards were announced. The awards, which honor the most outstanding athletic achievements of the past year, will be presented on April 21 in Madrid, Spain, at the Crystal Gallery of the Cibeles Palace. This is the second year in a row Madrid has played host to the prestigious awards, which are frequently described as sport’s version of the Oscars. Additionally, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the awards.
Swimmers are nominated in four of the seven elite categories. In addition to the categories for elite athletes, there is the Laureus Sport for Good Award and the Laureus World Sports Academy Award.
Nominees for these awards are selected by a panel of over 1,300 international media representatives.
Here are the Nominees for the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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After a sensational Olympics, Leon Marchand is nominated for World Sportsman of the Year, which Novak Djokovic won last year. Marchand won four gold medals—two in a single session—and one bronze medal at his home Games. He’s nominated alongside Carlos Alcaraz, Mondo Duplantis, Tadej Pogačar, and Max Verstappen. Notably, Jannik Sinner’s nomination was revoked last week due to his current three-month doping suspension. This is Duplantis and Verstappen’s third nomination, while Marchand, Alcarez, and Pogačar are all first time nominees.
Teenage sensation Summer McIntosh has been recognized in the World Breakthrough of the Year Category. McIntosh earned three golds and one silver at her second Olympics as she drove a historic performance for Team Canada in the Olympic pool. She’s one of three Olympic champions nominated for this award along with Julian Alfred and Letsile Tebogo. The other nominees in this category are Victor Webanyama, Lamine Yamal, and the Bayer 04 Leverkusen Men’s Football team. Last year, Jude Bellingham won this award.
Caeleb Dressel and Ariarne Titmus are nominated in the Comeback of the Year category. Dressel was nominated for World Sportsman of the Year in 2022. He completed his comeback to professional swimming this year, making his third Olympic team and helping the U.S. win gold in the 4×100 freestyle relay. Titmus returned from surgery to win four Olympic medals in Paris, including defending her 400 freestyle title. Rebeca Andrade, Lara Gut-Behrami, Marc Márquez, and Rishabh Pant are the other nominees for Comeback of the Year. Simone Biles, nominated for Sportswoman of the Year, earned this award in 2024.
Finally, Teresa Perales and Jiang Yuyan are nominated for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. Perales won her 28th Paralympic medal in Paris and was named the Best Female High Support Needs Athlete on the 2024 Para Swimming World Series. The 20-year-old Jiang Yuyan was the most decorated athlete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, winning seven gold medals in the pool. Catherine Debrunner, Tokito Oda, Matt Stutzman, and Qu Zimo are nominated with Perales and Jiang. Wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot won the award last year.
Complete List of Laureus World Sports Award Nominees
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year:
Carlos Alcaraz — Tennis, Spain Mondo Duplantis — Athletics, Sweden Léon Marchand — Swimming, France Tadej Pogačar — Cycling, Slovenia Max Verstappen — Motor Racing, NetherlandsLaureus World Sportswoman of the Year:
Simone Biles — Gymnastics, USA Aitana Bonmati — Football, Spain Sifan Hasson — Athletics, Netherlands Faith Kipyegon — Athletics, Kenya Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone — Athletics, USA Aryna Sabalenka — TennisLaureus World Team of the Year:
Boston Celtics — Basketball, USA FC Barcelona Women’s Football Team — Football, Spain McLaren Formula 1 Team — Motor Racing, UK Real Madrid Men’s Football Team — Football, Spain Spain Men’s Football Team — Football, Spain USA Basketball Men’s National Team — Basketball, USALaureus World Breakthrough of the Year:
Julien Alfred — Athletics, St Lucia Bayer 04 Leverkusen Men’s Football Team — Football, Germany Summer McIntosh — Swimming, Canada Letsile Tebogo — Athletics, Botswana Victor Webanyama — Basketball, France Lamine Yamal — Football, SpainLaureus World Comeback of the Year:
Rebeca Andrade — Gymnastics, Brazil Caeleb Dressel — Swimming, USA Lara Gut-Behrami — Alpine Skiing, Switzerland Marc Márquez — Motor Cycling, Spain Rishabh Pant — Cricket, India Ariarne Titmus — Swimming, AustraliaLaureus World Sportsperson of the Year With a Disability:
Catherine Debrunner — Para Athletics, Switzerland Tokito Oda — Wheelchair Tennis, Japan Teresa Perales — Para Swimming, Spain Matt Stutzman — Para Archery, USA Jiang Yuyan — Para Swimming, China Qu Zimo — Para Badminton, ChinaLaureus World Actions Sportsperson of the Year:
Yuto Horigome — Skateboarding, Japan Chloe Kim — Snowboarding, USA Caroline Marks — Surfing, USA Aleksandra Miroslaw — Speed Climbing, Poland Tom Pidcock — Mountain Biking, UK Arisa Trew — Skateboarding, AustraliaLaureus Sport for Good Award:
Figure Skating in Harlem — Figure Skating | Racial Equity | USA Kick4Life — Football | Gender Equity | Lesotho Kind Surg — Surfing | Includion | Spain Liberi Nantes — Football | Social Inclusion | Italy Paris Basket 18 — Basketball | Gender Equity | France Street League — Multi-sport | Employability | UKRead the full story on SwimSwam: Six Swimmers Are Nominated For Prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards
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