- Laureus

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- Laureus

FOUNDATION OVERVIEW
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
CONTENTS
05 OVERVIEW
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
10 OUR IMPACT
aureus project staff witness the
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powerful social impact that sport
creates for young people every day
14 FOUNDING PATRONS
76 LAUREUS WORLDWIDE
Map highlighting
Laureus-supported projects
80 ACADEMY MEMBERS
he Laureus Academy is a unique
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association of 46 of the greatest
living sportsmen and women
16 GLOBAL PARTNERS
99 NATIONAL FOUNDATION
DIRECTORY
18 LAUREUSPROJECTS
100LAUREUS AMBASSADORS
n overview of a selection of
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Laureus-supported projects
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Africa
Latin America & The Caribbean
North America
Asia
Australia
Europe
102LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS
AWARDS WINNERS
ll the Laureus World Sports
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Awards winners from 2000 – 2013
INFORMATION CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINT, OCTOBER 2013.
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www.laureus.com/foundation
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OVERVIEW
CHILDREN FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED
PROJECT SEENIGAMA SPORT FOR LIFE, SRI LANKA
OVERVIEW
Sport has the capacity to enchant and delight
millions of people around the world, but it also
has the raw power to do much, much more. The Laureus Family was created by
people who believe passionately that
sport can transform lives, bring people
together and change society for the
better.
At the very first Laureus World Sports
Awards Ceremony in Monaco in 2000,
President Nelson Mandela, the Patron
of Laureus, made the visionary speech
which has become the philosophy of
Laureus and the driving force which
has shaped its work.
Sport has the
power to change
the world. It has
the power to unite
people in a way
that little else does.
Sport can awaken
hope where there
was previously
only despair
NELSON MANDELA, PATRON,
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS
AWARDS, MONACO 2000
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OVERVIEW
The Awards also contribute significantly
to the work of the Laureus Foundation
around the world. With coverage of
the Awards Ceremony being broadcast
in more than 100 countries, the event
has always acted as a global showcase.
Thanks to the support from sponsors
and host cities, proceeds from the
Laureus World Sports Awards now
directly benefit and underpin the
activities of the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation.
Laureus harnesses the power of sport
to bring people together as a force for
good. Whether at the Awards Ceremony
or in cities and villages around the world,
many benefit from the philanthropic
work and expertise of the Foundation.
The mechanism of how Laureus operates
is perfectly demonstrated by the Street
League programme in the UK.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER NAWAL
EL MOUTAWAKEL & BOBBY CHARLTON
PRESENT ZINEDINE ZIDANE WITH THE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
To achieve these mighty goals set by
its Patron, Laureus needed to be much
more than a spectacular red carpet
event. It had to be a year-round charity
dedicated to effecting social change
through sport. Thus was born the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
Its work focuses on using sport to help
young people overcome challenging
social issues including poverty,
homelessness, war, violence, drug abuse,
discrimination and AIDS.
If President Mandela supplied the
philosophy, it is the Laureus World
Sports Academy which has provided the
energy and burning determination to
turn this altruistic dream into reality.
The Laureus Academy is a unique
association of the greatest living
sportsmen and women, under the
chairmanship of double Olympic gold
medal winner Edwin Moses. They share
a belief in the power of sport to break
down barriers and to improve the lives of
young people around the world.
The Academy volunteer their services
as global ambassadors for the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation. They also
cast their votes to select the winners of
the Laureus Awards, which honour the
greatest sportsmen and sportswomen
in the world each year. Multiple winners
like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Michael
Schumacher, Kelly Slater, Esther Vergeer
and Serena Williams have attended the
Awards which have grown in stature and
popularity over the last decade.
Of 864 young people
taking part in the
Street League UK
programme between
April 2012 and March
2013, 81% went
into employment,
education or
training, with 391
making the transition
into employment
The project uses football to engage
marginalised young people with a
broad-based programme that connects
participants with training, education
and employment opportunities. All
participants take part in a structured
football and education programme,
combining two hours in the classroom
with two hours on the pitch each day.
Of 864 young people taking part in
the programme over a one-year period,
81% went into employment, education
or training, with 391 making the
transition into employment, 211 going
into education, and 101 completing
accredited training courses.
The Foundation touches the lives of
children in 34 countries, from high
crime areas in the UK and Europe to the
slums of Mumbai, the favelas of Rio de
Janeiro and the minefields of Cambodia.
It is based on the inspiring idea that
sport has a role to play in improving the
lives of youth facing challenging social
problems all over the world, whether it
is providing a teenager standing on a
street corner holding a gun a different
option, or giving a young person in a
Nairobi slum a pathway into education
and out of poverty. This is the ongoing
achievement and mission of Laureus.
With the encouragement of its Founding
Patrons, Richemont and Daimler, and
its Global Partners, Mercedes-Benz and
IWC Schaffhausen, the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation now supports
a diverse range of sports-based
community projects which have
changed the lives of young people for
the better around the world.
In recent years the Laureus Sport for
Good Foundation has become a leading
source of knowledge and expertise in the
use of sport as a social tool. In addition
to funding grassroots sports projects
worldwide, Laureus provides training
in sport for good, access to a global
knowledge network (where grassroots
sports projects from around the world
exchange innovation and know-how),
and access to a package of support
called Infocus, which enables projects
to effectively measure how exactly lives
are being changed through sport (more
information can be accessed here:
www.impactinfocus.com).This reservoir
of knowledge and expertise will prove an
invaluable aid to the future growth of the
Foundation.
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OVERVIEW
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS ACADEMY MEMBERS
IAN BOTHAM AND KAPIL DEV WITH CHILDREN
FROM THE SLUMS OF DHARAVI, AT THE LAUREUS- SUPPORTED MAGIC BUS PROJECT
Laureus is also building a reputation for
being at the forefront of the expansion of
the Sport for Good movement globally.
In 2011 and 2012 it produced two
watershed reports (Teenage Kicks and
Sport Scores), which for the first time
costed out the value community sports
projects could actually deliver for society.
The research showed that on average
projects can create around five times
the value of every dollar, euro or
pound invested through reduced
criminality, youth unemployment
and school exclusions.
Members of the Laureus World Sports
Academy and the growing numbers
of Laureus Ambassadors are at work
year-round supporting the Foundation’s
operations across the globe. They can
help to publicise the impact that sport
is having on disadvantaged and at-risk
children, ensuring that their inspiring
stories are heard.
It is also important to put names
and faces to the project leaders and
volunteers who are beacons of hope
to the children and who are heroes in
their own right.
As ever, the beneficiaries from all this
hard work are the thousands of children
around the world whose lives have been
improved. Laureus looks forward with
confidence to doing even more in the
future.
Chairman Edwin Moses says: “Everyone
at Laureus shares a common belief that
sport is a universal language, which has
the power to speak to people across the
globe, whatever their colour or creed.”
While Academy Member Nawal El
Moutawakel, a powerful voice in the
International Olympic Movement, adds:
We may not be able to
change the world
overnight, but we are
here for the long run
and we can make a
difference one playing
field at a time
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER
NAWAL EL MOUTAWAKEL
SPORT FOR GOOD
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OUR IMPACT
Laureus funding has
helped to improve the
lives of disadvantaged
young people on
every continent.
OUR IMPACT
Since its inception, Laureus funding
has already benefited over one-and-ahalf million marginalised young people
in more than 30 countries. Laureus
project staff witness the powerful
social impact that sport creates for
these youths every day. They see young
people coming off drugs, quitting gangs,
entering education, finding jobs, gaining
confidence, getting fit, making friends
and stepping up to become positive role
models in their communities.
Taken as a whole, this impact creates
huge value, not just for the individuals
affected, but for society at large.
Recent Laureus research has shown that
across six sports-based crime prevention
programmes in the UK, Italy and
Germany, an average value of five euros
was created for every one euro invested.
This was due to cost savings associated
with reduced crime, unemployment
and school exclusions and associated
benefits relating to health improvements
and wage increases. Laureus Academy
Member Tanni Grey-Thompson explains:
“I have always believed that sport can be
a valuable social weapon. Now this report
has produced evidence which proves
that sport in certain circumstances can
also be a more cost-effective solution
than traditional social means. In these
difficult economic times, this is a really
significant finding.”
Laureus is committed to deepening
the evidence base for the true
transformational power of sport.
To this end we have joined forces with
two collaborators (Streetfootballworld
and Acumen) to create a new impact
measurement system called Infocus
that combines software with tools and
training in social impact measurement,
helping shine a light on how sport is
impacting marginalised communities
all over the world.
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED GIRLS KICKING PROJECT IN GERMANY
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OUR IMPACT
STRENGTHENING THE
GLOBAL NETWORK
OF LAUREUS-FUNDED
PROGRAMMES
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD
KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
Laureus supports a network of more
than 140 ground-breaking sportsbased community programmes in all
six continents. In addition to financial
support, organisations supported by the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation get
the opportunity to access:
CRIME PREVENTION
THROUGH SPORT
Based in London, delivered in partnership with
the Active Communities Network – this features
the UK’s first accredited qualification in the
use of sport as a tool to tackle crime
PEACE BUILDING THROUGH SPORT
Headquartered in Washington, delivered in
partnership with Peace Players International –
this programme is based on a world-renowned
conflict resolution model developed over
several decades
SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
Based in Nairobi, delivered in partnership with
the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)
– this includes a training programme based on
over 20 years’ experience in the use of sport
to deliver remarkable social transformation
within the Mathare slum of Nairobi
LIFE SKILLS THROUGH SPORT
Based in Mumbai, delivered in partnership
with Magic Bus – this programme includes
a ground-breaking sports-based life skills
curriculum that is being rolled out across India
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH BOXING AND
MARTIAL ARTS
Based in Rio de Janeiro, delivered in
partnership with Fight For Peace – this
programme features cutting-edge training in
the use of boxing and martial arts to combat
crime and violence, based on over ten years of
practice and experimentation in some of the
toughest areas of Rio and London
Strategic support
Cutting-edge training in how
to use sport as a social and
educational tool
A package of support to help
measure and communicate their
social impact
Networking and knowledge-sharing
opportunities with a global network
of Laureus-supported organisations
that extend the barriers of what
sport can achieve for young people
LAUREUS SPORT FOR
GOOD CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
Laureus will continue to support
innovative work that creates genuine
social transformation through sport.
It will fund robust research that shines
a spotlight on the value this impact
creates for communities and society
at large.
Over the last few years Laureus has
helped create numerous virtual
‘knowledge centres’ around the world.
These spread expertise and good practice
in the use of sport as a social tool.
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The results will include an ongoing
snowball of sports-based social change,
a strong and growing global network
of Laureus-supported projects and a
deepening pool of robust evidence to
underpin the claim that sport does
indeed have the power to change the
world.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER TONY HAWK VISITS FIGHT FOR PEACE PROJECT, UNITED KINGDOM
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FOUNDING PATRONS
FOUNDING
PATRONS
As Founding Patron of Laureus, it is an
honour for Richemont to be associated
with so many legendary sportsmen and
sportswomen who work tirelessly to
help disadvantaged young people
around the world.
It is heart-warming to see that from
modest beginnings at the turn of
the century, Laureus has developed
into a major player in the sport for
development world, active on every
continent and with a respected and
growing voice.
Richemont, one of the world’s leading
luxury goods groups, believes that
business in today’s world should operate
in a responsible and caring manner.
Laureus has immense potential to do
good, and Richemont looks forward
to helping the Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation to grow and flourish in the
years ahead for the betterment of young
people around the world.
This guide gives a snapshot of Laureus
today, showing the progress that has
been made, and a flavour of our hopes
for an even more potent future.
Daimler represented by Mercedes-Benz
Cars is one of the Founding Patrons of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
The group can look back on a tradition
that stretches back more than 125 years
and is marked by pioneering automotive
achievements.
We believe ‘inspiration’ and ‘spirit’ are
the qualities which drive us on to achieve
our goals both as a business and as an
organisation which respects human rights
and looks to improve the lives of those
less fortunate around the world.
That is why we founded together with
Richemont in 2000 the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation. This commitment
has developed into an important
example of what we mean by corporate
social responsibility.
We have provided long-term
financial support to Laureus to help
disadvantaged young people in more
than 30 countries using sport as a tool
for social change.
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GLOBAL PARTNERS
GLOBAL
PARTNERS
Mercedes-Benz, the world’s oldest
automaker, can look back on a unique
tradition. It is the most valuable
automotive premium brand and stands
for quality, safety, comfort, fascinating
design and sustainable mobility.
Mercedes-Benz enjoys an excellent
reputation, particularly in the area of
safety technology. Many pioneering
technical innovations that are standard
automotive features today were first
seen in a Mercedes-Benz car. The
Mercedes-Benz engineers will in future
consistently reinvent the automobile
– with the same enthusiasm and
innovation like Gottlieb Daimler and Carl
Benz in 1886.
Mercedes-Benz is a Global Partner of
the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
Since the beginning of the Foundation’s
operations in 2000, Mercedes-Benz
has shared and supported the goals
and values of this worldwide charity
programme where sports play the core
role in the fight against social issues
– Laureus has become a vital element
of the corporate social responsibility
programme of Mercedes-Benz.
With a clear focus on technology
and development, the Swiss watch
manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has
been producing watches of lasting value
since 1868. The company has gained
an international reputation based on
a passion for innovative solutions and
technical ingenuity. One of the world’s
leading brands in the luxury watch
segment, IWC crafts masterpieces of
Haute Horlogerie at its finest, combining
supreme precision with exclusive design.
IWC Schaffhausen became a Global
Partner of the Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation in 2005 because the two
organisations share a belief and a
commitment: a belief that those blessed
with good fortune have an obligation
to help others less fortunate; and a
commitment to setting up sustainable
programmes that deliver long-term
assistance. Every year, in keeping with
a revered tradition, IWC Schaffhausen
selects a model from its collection as a
means of supporting the Laureus Sport
for Good Foundation.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER BOBBY CHARLTON AT THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT MATHARE YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, KENYA
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LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN AFRICA
The first-ever Laureus
project was in Nairobi –
now our projects stretch
from Mali in the west to
Cape Town in the south.
AFRICA
COACHING FOR HOPE BAMAKO, MALI
Mali ranks as the fifth least-developed
country in the world, with the lowest
levels of adult literacy on the planet.
The project trains local coaches and
youth workers to deliver education in
HIV/AIDS to vulnerable young people,
using football as the means to pass
on key messages.
Young people involved in the project take
part in a minimum of eight educational
sessions that use football games to
generate debates around key concepts
such as: healthy living, respecting one’s
peers, self belief, ‘playing safe’ and
avoiding risks.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT COACHING FOR HOPE, MALI
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BUFFALO CITY SOCCER SCHOOL COMMUNITY BASED AIDS PROGRAMME EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA
KAMPALA, UGANDA
In the East London areas of Buffalo Flats
and Duncan Village, drug and alcohol
abuse has become a way of life. The
Buffalo City Soccer School is committed
to countering these ills and works with
young people to provide a healthy
alternative through football.
Nakulabye, near Kampala, is the
home of the Community Based AIDS
Programme (COBAP) which provides
healthcare, rehabilitation and shelter for
people who have been affected by HIV/
AIDS. Some years ago COBAP realised
that sport could be an effective way
to communicate with the population
about the dangers of the disease
and created the Nakulabye Youth
Intervention Programme.
Sport is used as a hook for youngsters
to attend life skill sessions to develop
a good understanding of the negative
impact of alcohol and drug abuse; as
well as HIV/AIDS awareness. The project
is funded through sponsorship from
local businesses and Laureus.
Football and netball sessions were
set up and, by introducing healthcare
workshops into half-time, the project
workers found that they had a
captive audience to whom they could
communicate their life-saving message.
FIGHT WITH INSIGHT JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
A boxing project for young offenders
which aims to use their aggression
as the means to help them make
alternative and positive decisions
about their future. There are rules
in boxing that parallel those in life:
respect for others, abiding by the
referee’s decisions, accepting the
judge’s verdict and, when the fight is
over, the need to move on.
The young people take part in boxing
classes at The Box Office, a gym in
Johannesburg’s Southern Suburbs
Recreation Centre, run by renowned
promoter Anton Gilmore.
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT FIGHT WITH INSIGHT, SOUTH AFRICA
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DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS
AND RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES
GRASSROOT SOCCER
GREAT COMMISSION UNITED SOUTH AFRICA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
RWANDA
Grassroot Soccer’s mission is to use the
power of football in the fight against
AIDS by providing young people with
the knowledge, skills and support to live
healthier lives. Grassroot Soccer trains
African soccer stars, coaches, teachers
and peer educators in the world’s
most HIV-affected countries to deliver
an interactive HIV prevention and life
skills programme.
Founded by former gang leader Mario
van Niekerk, this football-based project
in the informal settlement of Cape
Flats aims to keep young people away
from gangs and crime and plugged into
positive influences and aspirations.
It is estimated that there are over
300,000 people with disabilities in
Rwanda. Many thousands are amputees
having suffered from years of war.
The project gives young people with
disabilities the opportunity to access
sport and recreational activities, while
raising awareness of the rights
of people with disabilities.
Where possible, the activities are
also open to their peers without
disabilities to try to bridge the gap
between the two groups. The project
is run by the National Paralympic
Committee of Rwanda.
Laureus is the founding member of
Grassroot Soccer’s African Leadership
Programme, the goals of which are to
build successful African leaders and
strengthen the effectiveness of the fight
against HIV/AIDS.
It is not uncommon for project
leaders to intervene in gang fights
and vandalism caused by unruly
youngsters who are then recruited
to attend the project. As participants
get older, they are given the chance to
become coaches and referees, as well
as leaders and role models in their
own right.
GRUPO DESPORTIVO
DE MANICA MANICA, MOZAMBIQUE
A social club in the border region of
Mozambique that provides sports
activities and a home for deprived
youngsters. Up to 15% of the
participants are either one-or twoparent orphans and around 40%
come from dysfunctional homes.
In the absence of secure families,
the sport team becomes the real ‘home’
for the youngsters. The team members
eat together, play together and live
together. In most cases it is this desire
for family that motivates community
members and especially children
to become involved.
INDIGO YOUTH MOVEMENT JOHANNESBURG CUBS DURBAN & CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
The rural Zulu communities in South
Africa are extremely susceptible to
poverty, lack of education and disease.
The Indigo Youth Movement is the
brainchild of Dallas Oberholzer, whose
exposure to international skating
competitions inspired him to create
opportunities for young people to learn
about skateboarding.
In the aftermath of Apartheid, sport has
proved a formidable tool in uniting South
Africa. Johannesburg Cubs was set up
to bring together children of different
races, cultures, classes and beliefs. The
vision of the programme is to create
an environment free from any form of
discrimination.
Established in the heart of Isithumba,
a rural Zulu village on the outskirts of
Durban, the project has introduced
young people to skateboarding and
created an opportunity to enhance
tourism and entrepreneurialism as well
as increasing the youngsters’ life-skills
and self-confidence.
Disadvantaged, mostly black
participants are chosen from the 2,500
school children actively involved in
Gauteng Cricket Board development
areas. Privileged, mostly white
participants are recruited via parents
and are assisted with integration and
social awareness by project leaders.
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LITTLE CHAMPS LUNGISANI INDLELA KICK4LIFE
SOUTH AFRICA
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
LESOTHO
The Little Champs Academy is a project
that operates across South Africa to
teach children from a young age basic
sporting skills and, at the same time,
improve their learning skills. These
children often start their schooling with
poorly developed motor skills – the small
muscle movements that occur in handeye coordination – which can impact on
academic performance and participation
in sports programmes.
Amaoti is the biggest informal
settlement in KwaZulu Natal. 70% of
Durban’s street children come from here.
The Back-to-School programme aims to
keep children at school as there is a very
high drop-out rate. The project provides
opportunities for the youngsters to play
football and netball in holiday clubs.
It also trains youth workers, who offer
home visits and go to local schools on
a daily basis to support and counsel
the children.
Kick4Life aims to address the
HIV crisis in Lesotho which has a
prevalence of 23%. The disease
has had a devastating impact on
the nation. The Test Your Team
programme consists of a series of
one-day football tournaments where
voluntary HIV education and HIV
testing is provided on-site.
For the youngsters involved in the
project, learning physical skills will also
improve life skills. Since 2000, more
than 5,000 children have benefited.
The Lungisani project believes that sport
can be instrumental in getting life’s
changing messages across.
The campaign targets 12- to 19-year
olds and teams are made up of an
equal number of boys and girls. Test
Your Team aims to break down stigma
and encourage voluntary testing in an
environment of positive peer pressure.
FOOTBALL LEGEND DAVID BECKHAM WITH CHILDREN FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT KICK4LIFE, LESOTHO
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PHOTOGRAPH BY: SALA LEWIS VERVE
MAKOMBA-NDLELA YOUTH MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL
INSPIRATION MATHARE YOUTH SPORTS
ASSOCIATION (MYSA) LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA
TANZANIA
NAIROBI, KENYA
The project’s motto is ‘Your victory is
our victory’ which is meant as a symbol
of hope for the young people to
keep on fighting problems such
as sexually transmitted infections,
teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS,
crime and substance abuse. Laureus
supports the sports element of the
project which brings people together
to participate in football, netball,
volleyball and basketball.
Tanzania’s social problems include a
tragically high death rate due to the
prevalence of HIV/AIDS and malaria,
and worrying drop-out rates in schools.
Many children spend as little as five
years in the classroom. The project
is part of International Inspiration,
London 2012’s international sports
legacy programme.
Mathare is one of the largest and
poorest slums in Africa. MYSA pioneers
the use of football as a tool for change.
At the heart of MYSA are football
leagues with thousands of boys and
girls participating. This self-help project
uses innovative methods such as a slum
clean-up programme in which teams
clear the rubbish and ditches around
their homes every weekend.
Tournaments and leagues are organised
either at schools or in the community.
Teamwork and nurturing talent are
factors that offer young people a way to
achieve their potential.
The programme is improving education
and vocational skills by supporting
the implementation of a standard
curriculum, providing learning materials
and increasing the number of qualified
teachers. Another priority is increasing
female participation in sport and also
providing such access to young people
with disabilities. The project also works
towards combating HIV/AIDS and malaria
through raising educational awareness.
For every completed clean-up project a
team earns extra points in the league
standings. MYSA has twice been
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER MICHAEL JOHNSON AT THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT MATHARE YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, KENYA
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POLOAFRICA HOUT BAY CYCLING CLUB MOVING THE GOALPOSTS MALUTI MOUNTAINS, SOUTH AFRICA
KILIFI, KENYA
Uitgedacht is a working farm in the
foothills of the spectacular Maluti
Mountains in the Eastern Free State.
The farm has 45 playing ponies and a
small breeding herd and is the home of
Poloafrica, which provides polo coaching
to young people from the surrounding
communities.
The Hout Bay Cycling Club was founded
in 2009 by a group of concerned veteran
cyclists who wanted to provide Hout
Bay youngsters with an opportunity to
experience the world of cycling, whilst
also offering a healthy alternative to the
negative influences often found within
their communities.
The project works closely with the Valley
Education Fund, run by a Franshoek
Farm, which provides the educational
support. The children receive coaching
and play polo as long as they do well
at school and continue to demonstrate
discipline and enthusiasm.
By participating in the cycling
programme the riders learn important
life skills such as teamwork, discipline,
dedication and determination.
In addition, the boys receive
counselling in respect of career
and life choices and partake in
discussions relating to work
experience opportunities.
More than two-thirds of the population
in Kilifi are classified as poor, with the
domestic burden falling heavily on
young women. Teenage girls face an
adolescence with limited opportunities.
The project is run by girls, for girls, and
has over 3,000 participants. Football
acts as the mobilising force, building a
team spirit in this marginalised group.
The project provides opportunities
for the girls, aged 10 to 25, to learn
skills through playing and organising
football and taking on leadership
roles as coaches, referees
and committee members.
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT MOVING THE GOALPOSTS, KILIFI, KENYA
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SOWETO SCHOOLS RUGBY PROGRAMME JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Lack of education is a fundamental
problem in Soweto, an informal
settlement near Johannesburg.
The Soweto Schools Rugby Project
addresses the standards of education
provided by schools in the area through
a structured intervention programme
called Play to Learn, which teaches
young people various school subjects
while they are having fun playing rugby.
In addition to this, the sport of rugby,
through its values of teamwork,
individual responsibility and respect for
the rules, teaches lessons that can be
applied to life in general.
SPORT FOR ALL RIGHT TO DREAM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
GHANA
One of the most significant social
challenges facing South Africa today is
the emergence of an orphan generation,
a tragic consequence of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. Operating daily from an
after-school centre, the project provides
holistic care to the orphaned generation
in the township Katlehong.
Right to Dream is one of the most
successful Sport for Development (SfD)
organisations in West Africa. The Right
to Dream Academy in Ghana focuses on
working with talented, underprivileged
children and provides world class
opportunities that combine sport,
education and personal and leadership
development, all of which nurture talented
individuals into role models, who are
capable of leading positive and sustainable
change in the future.
Sport for All is responsible for running
the sports coaching sessions which give
the children the opportunity
to express their gifts and talents
beyond the need to just survive.
Courses including soccer,
netball, tennis and volleyball.
The Right to Dream Academy (Ghana)
serves the training and development
needs of SfD projects throughout West
Africa. The academy represents a base
from which tailored training can be
delivered to SfD organisations in the
region using their extensive knowledge
and expertise.
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT RIGHT TO DREAM, GHANA. PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAMES BURTON
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ORPHANAID AFRICA VUKA RUGBY ACCRA, GHANA
Many orphans and vulnerable
children in Ghana are in need of
care as a result of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic and the increase of ruralto-urban migration. OrphanAid
Africa creates an environment where
vulnerable children can grow up in
safe, permanent and loving family
settings. By encouraging them to
play sport together, a substitute
family is created through the
team structure.
The goal of Vuka Rugby is to keep
children off the streets and out of
trouble. This is achieved by offering
a fun, rewarding and educational
alternative through the use of rugby,
aiming to create positive and lasting
changes in their lives.
Laureus Academy Member Marcel
Desailly, the French football
legend who was born in Ghana,
is an enthusiastic supporter of
OrphanAid Africa and became
Patron in 2005.
The project is run in co-operation with
Cool to be Me, an organisation which
helps to develop the life skills of the
children involved. It encourages respect
for others and helps to give them a
clear direction in life.
PEACEPLAYERS
INTERNATIONAL DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
Founded on the premise that children
who play together can learn how to
live together, PeacePlayers uses
basketball to unite and educate
young people. In South Africa,
because of HIV/AIDS, more than half
of 15-year-olds will not reach 60.
To combat these challenges,
PeacePlayers has developed a
life skills curriculum that uses basketball
to educate young people in KwaZuluNatal, which has South Africa’s
highest infection rates. So far the
programme has reached over 25,000
children and trained more than 200
young adults as local leaders.
WAVES FOR CHANGE CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Created by the pioneering Isiqalo
Foundation, this is the only organisation
in the world looking to harness the
power of surfing to address the issue
of HIV awareness. Waves for Change
is based in the informal settlement of
Masiphumelele in Cape Town.
The project aims to encourage young
people to learn their HIV status and
to produce community peer leaders
who will encourage a responsible
and informed approach to the issues
surrounding the spread of the
virus. Other aims include increasing
attendance at youth HIV testing centres.
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From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the
poorest neighbourhoods
of Buenos Aires, Laureus
has a growing presence
in Latin America & the Caribbean.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
LATIN AMERICA &
THE CARIBBEAN
LUTA PELA PAZ RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
A boxing-based project in Complexo
da Maré, a favela where there has
been a decade of territorial drug wars.
Here, openly armed adolescents patrol
the streets. In a community where
toughness and macho behaviour
is important for young people,
sports like boxing and martial arts
have a natural appeal.
These sports channel aggression,
transforming it into positive energy
through building teamwork, selfconfidence, healthy competition and
respect for the rules. The project
encourages participants to return to
school and works to place them in
internships and jobs.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER SEAN FITZPATRICK VISITS LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT LUTA PELA PAZ, BRAZIL
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CLUB ATLÉTICO PLATENSE LAPRIDA, ARGENTINA
More than 400 children attend
the project, many coming from
disadvantaged backgrounds, who
experience problems such as
discrimination, low self-esteem and
violence. Many lead lives of crime
and substance abuse and lack family
support to guide them.
Club Atlético Platense was developed in
March 2005 and has had a huge impact
on the town. Activities take place all
year round and include figure skating,
football and library activities. In 2008
the public library Mempo Giardinelli was
built voluntarily by the project leaders
and participants’ parents.
CLUB DEPORTIVO
BARRACAS SPORTS IN
UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS GENERAL LA MADRID, ARGENTINA
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
A local sports club in the town of
General La Madrid, to the south west
of Buenos Aires, that has introduced
a special programme for children
and young people. The project has a
strong emphasis on health, recreation,
education and citizenship.
Young people in the ghettos of Barrio
Rossi in Canelones find it hard to
break away from a destructive circle
of drugs and delinquency. The project
uses handball and football to teach
the children to participate in team
activities, learn respect for opponents
and to understand the importance of
playing by the rules.
The club is attended by participants
aged 5–18, with the majority coming
from low socio-economic groups.
Football and hockey are the main sports,
but they are accompanied by activities
such as chess, library sessions, sewing
workshops and IT. All the activities
are free.
These values help the participants
become responsible members of
their community and keep them off
the streets. The programme is free
and academic help is offered through
teachers involved with the project.
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PHOTOGRAPH BY: JADER ROSA
LA LIGA LIMAKIDS SPORT FOR LIFE LIMA, PERU
ROSARIO, SANTA FE, ARGENTINA
A six-a-side football project for children
from residential children’s homes and
orphanages in Lima. Extreme poverty
or violent, dysfunctional family homes
have brought these children into these
institutions. Many have previously lived
for a period on the streets. Sport is
building bridges to these marginalised
and disadvantaged youngsters.
The project aims to improve the quality
of life of children from vulnerable groups
and to help to eradicate the causes of
poverty.
Created in 2004, La Liga LimaKids
enables the children to discover the rich
experience of organised competitive
sport and uses this as a vehicle for
delivering education in life skills, fair
play, good values and health.
Sport for Life is located at the
Abanderado Grandoli primary school
in Rosario and works with the school to
ensure children attend classes in the
morning, have a meal in the school’s
lunch room and join the project’s
programmes during the afternoon. Twice
a week, girls have field hockey training
and boys undertake football coaching.
Other educational classes take place
including IT workshops.
UNIÓN Y AMISTAD DE SAN ISIDRO BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
La Cava is one of the largest and
poorest slums in Buenos Aires. There
is a prevalence of crime, drugs,
alcohol, violence and firearms use. The
programme offers football training for
boys and hockey and handball training
for girls. These are followed
up with sessions with trained
co-ordinators who deal with the
social health, educational and family
problems of the participants.
Its goal is to encourage young
people to remain in the educational
system, promote values and
provide health education.
VIRREYES HOCKEY BOLA PRA FRENTE GOL DE LETRA BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
BRAZIL
During the past decade, living
conditions in deprived urban areas have
deteriorated. Lack of work, dwindling
expectations, violence, drugs and crime
have damaged family cohesion.
The hockey-based project in Virreyes,
27 km from Buenos Aires, offers a
curriculum based on education through
sport to girls and young women between
five and 22 who come from
a vulnerable neighbourhood.
Bola Pra Frente (BPF) is an initiative of
footballer Jorginho, a key member of the
Brazil team which won the 1994 World
Cup. The project was established in
2000 in Muquico Complex, Guadalupe,
west of Rio de Janeiro and has become
operational in Santa Cruz.
Gol de Letra is a Brazilian organisation
that works in the suburbs of Rio de
Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Established by
soccer players Raí and Leonardo, Gol
de Letra is acknowledged by UNESCO
as a model that helps young people
to overcome the obstacles they face in
areas of extreme social risk.
The project has helped the girls to
improve their attitudes and behaviour as
well as their physical condition. It has
also enhanced the standard of youth
coaches and peer mentors.
These are areas of low socio-economic
households, where drug use and
trafficking, teenage prostitution, high
rate of school drop-outs, crime and lack
of opportunities define day to day life.
BPF’s mission is to educate young
people towards becoming leaders and
role models in their communities,
through sport. Its vision is for a
fair social system, where all young
people have the opportunity for social
advancement through sport, education,
art, culture and professional training.
The programme has an approach that
uses arts, culture, education and sport
to address social issues affecting the
young people of Rio and Sao Paulo. This
has been tested and refined over many
years through a variety of projects and
activities.
Community engagement is key to Gol’s
success as one of its aims is to bring
together families, schools and local
organisations to work with the project
to allow a unified approach to help
young people.
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SPORTS SANS FRONTIERES A GANAR PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
In partnership with the staff of the
Haiti Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic
Action, Sports sans Frontieres trains
young volunteers, aged 18 to 22,
to organise sports camps for
children and adolescents in
post-earthquake communities.
The goal of A Ganar is to develop
employability skills for young people to
become active members of society in
the workplace. The core of the A Ganar
programme therefore is not sports
training, but the application of sport
lessons to personal development and
employment training.
By this means, Sports sans Frontieres
offers children and young people,
still recovering from the fall-out of
the country’s natural disasters, a
tangible framework of support.
A key aim of the programme is to
raise awareness of issues such as
HIV/AIDS, violence, health and hygiene.
At-risk young people aged 16–24
gain marketable job expertise by
building on six core sport-based
skills: teamwork, communication,
discipline, respect, a focus on results
and continual self-improvement. In
seven to nine months, the young
people learn life and vocational skills
and complete internships with local
businesses. They learn to bring the
best values of sport and apply them to
the workplace.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT A GANAR, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
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From New York and
Chicago in the north to
New Orleans and Miami
in the south, Laureus is
working hard to improve
the lives of young people
across the United States.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN NORTH AMERICA
NORTH
AMERICA
UP2US’ COACH ACROSS AMERICA UNITED STATES
Up2Us’ Coach Across America
programme is building a workforce
of highly trained coaches equipped
with the skills necessary to face the
challenges and opportunities of working
with underserved youth. These coachmentors are improving communities by
using the power of sports to inspire kids
to stay in school, stay out of trouble,
and stay healthy.
Up2Us’ Coach Across America (CAA)
is the first national programme to
challenge young adults to give back
to their communities by committing
to a year of coaching and mentoring
underserved youth. This year, CAA
placed more than 400 coach-mentors
nationwide in 150 urban communities.
Together, these coaches positively
impact the lives of more than
50,000 kids.
LAUREUS ACADEMY CHAIRMAN EDWIN MOSES AT UP2US’ NATIONAL COACH TRAINING INSTITUTE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
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LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN NORTH AMERICA
THE ORGANISATIONS CURRENTLY
SUPPORTED BY THE UP2US’ COACH ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAMME ARE:
Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta
Atlanta
Legacy Youth Tennis and EducationPhiladelphia
America SCORES Dallas
Dallas
Little Haiti Optimist Club Miami
America SCORES NE
Boston
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Foundation
LA
A’s & Aces
New Orleans
MetroLacrosse
Boston
Beat the Streets Baltimore
Baltimore
MGR Foundation
Chicago
Belafonte TACOLCY Center
Miami
Miami Children’s Initiative
Miami
Beyond the Ball
Chicago
Miami Dade Police PAL
Miami
Black Women in Sport Foundation
Philadelphia
Netball America
Atlanta
Boys & Girls Clubs of SELA
New Orleans
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Chicago
Oakland Lacrosse
San Francisco/
Oakland
Bridge Lacrosse
Dallas
Chester Upland Soccer for Success
Philadelphia
Cohen College Prep Middle School
New Orleans
Outside the Ring
Champions Foundation
Miami
Collegiate Academies
New Orleans
Quality United Education
Miami
Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club
Denver
ReNew
New Orleans
CP3 Afterschool Zone
New Orleans
Shake A Leg Miami
Miami
Dallas Baseball Alliance
Seattle
Oakland Strokes
San Francisco/
Oakland
Dallas
Skate Like A Girl
Dist. 50 Education Foundation
(Adams 50)
Denver
Soccer Without Borders
San Francisco/
Oakland
El Monte CBI
LA
Success Prep
New Orleans
Elevate
New Orleans
The School of Basketball
Miami
The Service Board
Seattle
Touching Miami With Love
Miami
Triple Threat Mentoring
Chicago
Washington Nationals
Youth Baseball Academy
DC
Family & Children Faith Coalition
(d/b/a Hope for Miami)
Miami
Firstline
New Orleans
Foundation for Science and
Math Education Inc
New Orleans
Girl Power / World Literacy
Crusade of FL.
Miami
Illinois Youth Soccer Association
Chicago
International High School
of New Orleans
New Orleans
JT Dorsey Foundation
Washington Youth
Soccer Association
Seattle
WestBank Wrestling
New Orleans
World Sport Chicago
Chicago
Philadelphia
Youth Run NOLA
New Orleans
LA Brotherhood Crusade
LA
Youth Speak Collective
LA
Lagniappe Academies
New Orleans
Zhang Sah
Philadelphia
Lake Forest Elementary
New Orleans
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LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN ASIA
The diverse needs
of young people in
Asia means Laureus’
projects here have to
tackle a unique mix
of social problems.
ASIA
IMAGE RAJASTHAN, INDIA
There are over 90 million people in
India living with a serious disability.
Indian Mixed Ability Group Events
(IMAGE) runs 18 after-school clubs
in Rajasthan where over 700 children,
both disabled and able-bodied,
come together to compete with each
other in cricket, table tennis, kabaddi,
badminton, basketball, volleyball,
football and tug-of-war.
The IMAGE programme forms networks
of parents of disabled children who
will support and help each other. In the
longer term it is hoped it will create
bonds between the two communities.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT IMAGE, INDIA
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MAGIC BUS INDIA
Based in Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi,
Magic Bus creates ‘classrooms without
walls’ for children, using football,
outdoor activities and indigenous
games to promote personal and social
development. Through activity-based
learning issues such as gender equality,
health and hygiene, the programme
aims to reduce communal tensions, antisocial behaviour and the appeal of crime.
Alongside the city-based sports
activities, each child is taken on day
trips and to camps and given the
opportunity to experience adventure
sports. Since its inception, the
organisation has reached out to over
18,000 children.
PEACEPLAYERS
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION
BREAKTHROUGH SEENIGAMA SPORT FOR LIFE PROJECT ISRAEL / PALESTINE
HONG KONG, CHINA
SEENIGAMA, SRI LANKA
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one
of the most persistent, destructive
and long-standing in modern history.
Established in South Africa in 2001,
PeacePlayers International uses
basketball to unite and educate young
people from the opposing communities.
A project where sport is used as a
means of helping to fight crime and
juvenile delinquency amongst lowincome and immigrant communities.
Operating in partnership with the Hong
Kong Police and the Hong Kong Rugby
Football Union, it helps youngsters
who have either been arrested by the
police for minor offences or have been
identified by schools or social workers as
being at risk.
Following the tsunami disaster of
December 2004, Laureus began working
with the Foundation of Goodness
to develop the Seenigama Sport for
Life Project. Today, post-tsunami, the
focus is on a long-term commitment
to community development and social
change through sport.
Founded on the premise that children
who play together can learn how
to live together, PPI’s innovative
peacebuilding curriculum, implemented
in partnership with the Arbinger
Institute, is delivered by local coaches.
The project uses weekly basketball
practices to help children understand
the dynamics of conflict.
The project offers multiple sports such
as rugby, boxing, football, contemporary
dance, sailing and dragon boat racing.
Working with over 1,400 young people,
the project combines sports training
across eight rural schools in cricket,
volleyball, swimming, netball and
badminton with programmes that build
life-skills such as leadership, confidence,
communication skills and sports
etiquette. Programmes are organised by
a youth forum and include community
aid work.
SPIRIT OF SOCCER SPIRIT OF SOCCER CAMBODIA
IRAQ
According to the International Campaign
to Ban Landmines, over 6,000 villages
are badly affected and over five
million people are at risk in Northern
Cambodia. Through the provision
of football coaching and mine risk
education, Spirit of Soccer is able to
positively affect the attitude of young
people to the threat of landmines.
Spirit of Soccer exists to reduce child
casualties caused by landmines and
undetonated explosives left behind from
recent conflict. Children in Iraq are the
latest to benefit. They are coached to
play football on their local pitch and at
the same time they are taught how to
avoid fragmentation mines or cluster
munitions in their local countryside.
Trained coaches, who run 60–90 minute
football sessions, also deliver mine
awareness presentations, which include
information on types of mines, how they
work and what the children should do if
they find one.
Spirit of Soccer has trained 80
coaches in Iraq who work on
projects in Baghdad, Basra, Erbil
and Kirkuk that deliver its Mine
Risk Education programme.
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TWINNED BASKETBALL
PROGRAMME UNITY THROUGH SPORT PROJECT ISRAEL / PALESTINE
MANKULUM, SRI LANKA
Founded by Nobel Peace Laureate
Shimon Peres, the Peres Center works to
establish an infrastructure of peace for
the people of Israel and Palestine.
As part of this initiative, with the
backing of Laureus, girls are brought
together to play in mixed teams
composed of both Israelis and
Palestinians. Basketball has been
recognised as a popular sport with girls.
The Foundation of Goodness replicated
the successful post-tsunami Seenigama
Sport for Life Project in war-torn
Mankulum. It provides facilities and
services to meet the needs of rural
areas in the aftermath of 30 years of
conflict and aims to bridge the gap
between communities that have been
split by civil war.
The Twinned Peace Basketball
schools are located in various
Palestinian communities, such
as Jericho and Issawiyya, as well
as Israeli communities including
Sderot and Ofakim.
The project caters for the housing,
healthcare, educational, business
development and empowerment
needs of the local population through
programmes of sports, community
development, inter-cultural activities
and skills exchanges.
SPIRIT OF SOCCER LAOS
Laos is one of the most heavily
bombed nations in the world. During
the Vietnam War, over five million tons
of ordnance was dropped on Laos. An
estimated 30% of these bombs did
not detonate and now injure hundreds
of children a year. Spirit of Soccer’s
mission is to use the power of football
to help save the lives of these children
living at daily risk.
Spirit of Soccer uses a unique
curriculum of Mine Risk Education
alongside football games to teach
lessons that help children recognise
and avoid these bombs. The primary
goal is to reduce child casualties and
to offer lessons on hygiene, gender
equality and health.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT SPIRIT OF SOCCER, LAOS. PHOTOGRAPH BY: STEPHEN SONDERMAN
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS
UNIFIED SPORTS™
PROGRAMME SOUTH EAST ASIA
Founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver
in 1968, Special Olympics is the
world’s largest sports organisation for
children and adults with intellectual
disabilities. The Unified Sports
Programme in China brings together
Special Olympics athletes with their
peers without disabilities to play
in the same teams for training
and friendly competition.
The Unified Sports Programme motto
is: ‘On the field we’re team-mates,
off the field we’re friends’. The
programme focuses on 24 major cities
in China and involves over 50,000
athletes and partners.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBERS MICHAEL JOHNSON, NADIA COMANECI, EDWIN MOSES AND KAPIL DEV RUNNING
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LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA
When Laureus supported its first
project in Australia
in 2001, our network
had spread to every
continent in the world.
AUSTRALIA
CATHY FREEMAN FOUNDATION PALM ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
Cathy Freeman Foundation (CFF) is
committed to supporting Australia’s
Indigenous young people to reach
their potential by providing a range of
pathways to success. The project offers
sporting and educational programmes
so that Indigenous youth can enjoy
the same wellbeing, sense of self
belief and educational opportunities
as their non-Indigenous peers. CFF
works with the community of Palm
Island, one of Australia’s largest remote
Indigenous communities, and amongst
the country’s most disadvantaged
regions in terms of social, economic
and education indicators.
At the heart of the project’s work is
the Starting Block Programme. This is
a sports-based programme delivered
to Indigenous students on Palm
Island, with the objective of enhancing
educational attainment and personal
development. The key elements of
this programme are rewarding
educational achievement and providing
incentives for continued positive
education outcomes.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT CATHY FREEMAN FOUNDATION, AUSTRALIA
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FOOTBALL UNITED AUSTRALIA
Social isolation and disengagement
is capable of fragmenting local
communities. The Football United
project in Australia aims to foster
social inclusion and cohesion
within areas with high refugee settlement
and disadvantaged communities,
through leadership, skills development,
mentoring and the creation of links
with local community leaders and
organisations.
Football United uses the magic of
football to bring people together for the
common goal of creating harmonious
and cohesive societies. As one of the
leading sport for development bodies
in the region, Football United will
work with Laureus to train young leaders
from organisations across Australia,
Oceania and Asia.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA
BURRA JURRA SURFING
PROGRAMME BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA
The project was started by Surfing
Far North Coast and the local Arakwal
Indigenous community. Byron Bay is
the most easterly point of mainland
Australia. Through the programme,
young people from Arakwal come
together and learn to surf. In addition,
participants undergo a cultural
programme and discover more about
their heritage and the local area.
The Burra Jurra Programme also
tackles some of the most pressing
problems facing the Arakwal
community. These include poor
nutrition, alcohol abuse, drug
problems and mental health issues.
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LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS IN EUROPE
From snowboarding
and soccer to boxing
and golf, Laureus uses
numerous sports to
deliver its mission
across Europe.
EUROPE
STREET LEAGUE UNITED KINGDOM
Street League work with 16- to 25-yearolds who are not in employment,
education or training (NEET). This
includes young offenders and substance
abusers. The vision is to help bring an
end to structural youth unemployment in
the UK, with almost one million
young people currently out of work.
Street League engages with the ‘hardest
to reach’ young people in a structured
football and education ‘Academy’
programme, with two hours in the
classroom and two hours on the pitch
each day.
LAUREUS AMBASSADOR LENNOX LEWIS WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT STREET LEAGUE, LONDON
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LAUREUS STREET SOCCER FIGHT FOR PEACE GOLF EDUCATIF KIDS FOR FUTURE KIDSWING KÖRBE FÜR KÖLN SWITZERLAND
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
PARIS, FRANCE
COLOGNE, GERMANY
MUNICH, GERMANY
COLOGNE, GERMANY
Laureus Street Soccer is a street football
league for children and young people
aged 10 to 21. At regular intervals,
playing days take place across the
whole of Switzerland when the young
people can play with a team they’re in
or can form a team on the spot. There
is a network of different project places
throughout Switzerland that is run by
Infoklick.ch.
Fight for Peace focuses on young people
growing up in multicultural inner-city
communities within the East End of
London that are plagued by crime,
gangs and knife and gun violence.
Through its focus on boxing and martial
arts, the project aims to engage at-risk
young people within the community and
offers real alternatives to crime.
Established in a deprived area of Paris
in 2000, the project uses golf as a tool
to fight social exclusion and reduce antisocial behaviour.
Young people in the area where this
project is based face problems because
of the unemployment of their parents,
violence in the family, discrimination
and lack of ambition. Kids for Future
provides disadvantaged and at-risk
young people with boxing training and
educational support through weekly
counselling by experienced teachers.
KidSwing has been created by Anthony
Netto, the captain of the German
national team of physically challenged
golfers. In his attempt to support
physically disabled children, he has
developed a so-called ‘paragolfer’, which
enables children who are unable to walk
or have limited movement to play golf
standing up.
In order to help the largest number of
young people, the project organises as
wide a choice of sports opportunities as
possible in different social areas
of special need.
Laureus Ambassador and WBA
middleweight world boxing champion
Felix Sturm is Patron of the project and
a role model for the young people. He
regularly visits Kids for Future.
Because of its scoring rules based on
the handicap system, golf is one sport
where players of all levels of ability
can play together, so wheelchair
and non-wheelchair players can compete
in a meaningful way.
The project is open to all boys and
girls in Newham between the ages
of 12–21, with the target of integrating
young people of different ethnic
and cultural backgrounds.
Golf Educatif has innovatively adapted
the game of golf for suburban living by
providing participants with golf balls
that are one third of the normal weight
to ensure that they travel a shorter
distance.The game can therefore be
played on smaller golf courses and, as a
result, there are now four miniature golf
sites established in the area.
‘Körbe für Köln’ – Baskets for Cologne
– aims to attract the target group
by means of basketball. It uses the
attractive street variant of indoor
basketball in a protected space for girls
and indoor wheelchair basketball.
Sport is used as a low-barrier means to
meet the target group’s needs and offer
them a route to counselling sessions and
vocational service.
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KICK IM BOXRING KICK THE ROPES KICK ON ICE LAUREUS CAVALLO LAUREUS SCHNEETIGER LAUREUS GIRLS IN SPORT BERLIN, GERMANY
BERLIN, GERMANY
BERLIN, GERMANY
WINTERHUR-UNTERSEEN, SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND
KICK im Boxring was established in
2008, following the rise in popularity of
the use of boxing to tackle social issues
with at-risk youth. World Heavyweight
Champion Wladimir Klitschko, a Laureus
Ambassador, is the Patron.
The KICK organisation works with police
and sports organisations to help juvenile
delinquents aged 12 to 20, including
young offenders. The project involved the
construction of a rope-based obstacle
course in Berlin. Participants were
involved in the building of the course
and then used it for training and other
sporting activities.
In recent years, a rise in violent
behaviour and juvenile delinquency
has been recorded in Berlin. In an
attempt to combat this, at the initiative
of Laureus and the Berliner Eisbären
(Ice Bears) ice hockey club, KICK was
set up.
The Laureus Cavallo project allows
socially and economically disadvantaged
children to work with animals. The
project gives children aged from 8 to 16
the chance to be in contact with horses
and to integrate socially with others.
The Laureus Schneetiger project helps
children and teenagers with mental
or physical difficulties to enjoy healthenhancing community leisure activities
by taking part in winter sports. The
project is designed so that no matter
what the special need or disability, the
participating young people can take part
in and enjoy the thrill of snow sport in
a people-centred approach in (extra-)
curricular activities thanks to quality
instruction and equipment.
Works to encourage more women and
girls to become involved in sporting
activity. Current studies show that upon
reaching puberty the desire to continue
playing and enjoying sport decreases
dramatically. The widest affected
group are girls from educationally
deprived families.
The project offers free boxing sessions
on evenings and weekends, which are
combined with educational lessons. On
top of the physical training sessions,
there are also workshops and consulting
services which tackle problems such as
debt, family conflict and drug abuse.
The rope garden is constructed from
steel cables, timber and rope, reaching
a height of 12 metres. The activity is
aimed at improving social skills and to
encourage teamwork, social behaviour
and self-confidence.
The aim is to ensure that participants,
supervised by qualified trainers, enjoy an
attractive leisure activity at a time they
would otherwise spend out on
the streets. A sport has been
deliberately chosen whose qualities
of toughness and speed will appeal
to the target group.
The children are given the opportunity to
learn from and ride with horses
one afternoon a week at the Isliker riding
school. The caring environment and
emotional attachment to the
horses instils a sense of responsibility
in the children, as well as teaching
patience and assertiveness.
Sport in this case is ‘a social inclusion
tool’ that empowers and promotes the
inclusion of marginalised groups.
Laureus Girls in Sport hopes to tackle
this issue and become a national
centre for the encouragement of female
participation in sport. Sport camps will
offer girls between the ages of 12–16
many different workshops educating
them about health and sport.
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MIT PFERDEN
STARK MACHEN ACHBERG, GERMANY
The vision of Mit Pferden stark machen
– Getting stronger with horses – which
is located in Achberg, close to Lake
Constance, is to use the positive
effects of riding therapy to integrate
handicapped children and teenagers
into society.
By spending time with horses or
horse riding with others, the
youngsters are given the opportunity
to engage with their peers both with
and without disabilities.
LAUREUS GIRLS KICKING LAUREUS URBAN STARS GERMANY
UNITED KINGDOM
The project was established in 2009 in
the socially disadvantaged districts of
Bremen and targets girls aged between
8–16, particularly those from ethnic
minorities. It provides weekly football
workshops in local schools as well as
regular tournaments. Girls Kicking is
also currently situated in Hamburg
and Dietzenbach.
A sport and gang intervention
project operating in some of the
most deprived and troubled areas of
London. Run by Active Communities
Network, it delivers a communitybased multi-sports programme,
focusing on football, urban cricket,
basketball and boxing.
Girls are taught teamwork, respect
for others, assertiveness and the
importance of give and take. The aim
is to help provide the girls with access
into local clubs and ensure that,
once there, they can be successfully
integrated both into the club and society
as a whole.
The project operates in the Inner
City areas of Croydon, Lambeth
and Southwark and targets young
people aged 13–19, tackling gang
membership, crime and anti-social
behaviour. The project works with
both male and female participants
and offers young people routes into
education, training and employment.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER MORNÉ DU PLESSIS AND AMBASSADOR MICHAEL VAUGHAN AT THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT URBAN STARS, UNITED KINGDOM
SPORT FOR GOOD
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PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCESCO MION
MIDNIGHT
BASKETBALL LEAGUE LAUREUS MIDNIGHT FUTSAL CUP MILAN, ITALY
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
The project provides basketball sessions
in areas of high juvenile crime late in
the evening to keep youngsters out of
trouble. Around 100 teenagers from
the Milan district of Quarto Oggiaro
participate in games and training for two
hours a day, three times a week.
Midnight Football League is an
indoor evening football competition
for young adults, aged 17–25,
from disadvantaged communities
in The Hague. By combining
workshops and sporting activities,
the project aims at creating a
positive learning environment.
Two coaches are accompanied by
experienced teachers who recruit the
children from troubled areas such as
street corners and bars, and give them
an alternative when the temptation to
join gangs or commit crime is high.
The social issues addressed in this
project focus on community integration
and cohesion as well as education.
Laureus and partners Next Projecten
strongly encourage football combined
with educational workshops as a
means to stimulate a feeling of unity
within the community.
KICKFORMORE STUTTGART, GERMANY
The KICKFORMORE project, with
its slogan ‘Street Football for
Tolerance’, assists young people
in an area of great social deprivation.
Many participants are immigrants
or from a disadvantaged social
background, and most have low
aspirations for their future.
Street football involves mixed teams
playing in matches without a referee
so that each player can learn how
to handle right and wrong on their
own. Fair play is an essential part of
the rules. Street football creates a
learning framework for social skills
and a base for communication.
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT KICKFORMORE, GERMANY
SPORT FOR GOOD
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PEACEPLAYERS
INTERNATIONAL PEACEPLAYERS
INTERNATIONAL CYPRUS
NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Cyprus has long been characterised
by a Greek and Turkish ethnic divide.
A Turkish military invasion in 1974
displaced thousands of Greek Cypriots
and effectively cut the island in two.
This project enables Greek-Cypriot and
Turkish-Cypriot boys and girls to play
basketball together, learn together
and build positive relationships that
overcome generations of mistrust.
PeacePlayers International Cyprus works
to reverse the prejudices that have built
steadily over the years in
the segregated communities.
From 1968 to 1998, Northern Ireland
was subject to a devastating conflict
as para-military groups tried to break
up this part of the United Kingdom.
It sparked a series of terrorist atrocities
of which the victims were often civilians.
Catholic and Protestant families often
found themselves on different sides
of the divide.
PeacePlayers International encourages
cross-community peace building
by encouraging children from
both Protestant and Catholic
backgrounds to compete together
in mixed sports teams. This process
is anchored by monthly workshops
and quarterly residential retreats.
MOVE&DO STUTTGART, GERMANY
The project is a mobile play and
learning centre which visits schools
and local communities around
Stuttgart. By visiting deprived
neighbourhoods, the move&do
vehicle brings sports and recreational
pursuits directly to problem areas.
Over the course of the day, the group
is set different tasks and challenges to
be solved, including activities
with ropes and climbing equipment.
As a result, the participants learn
the benefits of teamwork and
co-operation. move&do also organises
longer outdoor trips, such as hiking,
climbing and canoeing in the
Black Forest.
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBER BORIS BECKER WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT MOVE&DO, GERMANY
SPORT FOR GOOD
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PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA I & II MILAN, ITALY
Started in Milan in October 2007,
Polisportiva was created to provide
sporting activities to boys who
are at risk of social exclusion,
offering them positive educational
opportunities instead.
Polisportiva runs activities every day
of the week, with training sessions
taking place in volleyball, football,
rugby and basketball. The team sports
encourage the boys to adopt healthy
ways of living and teaches them
discipline, leadership and teamwork.
In addition to sports coaches, the
project has tutors who address
the boys’ social welfare.
LAUREUS METRO SPORTS PUNCH BERN, SWITZERLAND
PARIS, FRANCE
Disabled and able-bodied people do
sport together: “Laureus Metro Sports”
is a unique concept to integrate children
and young people, both with disabilities
and without them. Young people with
different physical attributes are brought
together through sports activities in
this project, which helps to break down
barriers, thus providing a valuable link
to society and an important contribution
to the integration of the disabled in a
common social fabric.
Punch aims to improve access and
opportunities for girls and boys to
participate in sport. Boxing has
traditionally been a vehicle for poor
children to raise their social status, with
the best and toughest joining the ranks
of world champions.
In the Maison Alfort suburbs of
Paris, boxing is not just a sport, it is
an educational experience, one that
enables young people to overcome
ingrained suspicions and prejudice. The
participants work together and respect
each other as they move towards a
common goal.
MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
This project runs in conjunction with
England footballer Rio Ferdinand’s Live
the Dream Foundation. It offers
basketball late in the evening
to keep youngsters off the streets
and out of trouble.
Midnight Basketball League provides
sessions year round on a weekly
basis in areas of high juvenile crime
and misbehaviour as identified
by the Metropolitan Police. The
programme has been identified as
a priority area for development due
to the popularity of basketball in these
areas, where young people are often
uninterested in other sports.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCESCA CECIARINI
SPORT FOR GOOD
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PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA NAPOLI PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA ROMA NAPLES, ITALY
ROME, ITALY
The project offers the opportunity of
improving the educational prospects
for children and young adults in the
poorest areas of Naples. Sport offers
the means by which they can experience
a positive social environment and build
constructive relations with peers and
adults.
Rome is the biggest city in Italy and
has many socially distressed areas.
Polisportiva Roma is a replica of the
project in Naples and offers an innovative
approach to community development
through sport.
Participants of Polisportiva Napoli
benefit from a co-ordinated
network of professionals – trainers,
educators, psychologists – who
supervise their development.
The project enables the community to
tackle anti-social behaviour by linking
together different sports groups and
‘child-care’ organisations already at
work with young people in Naples.
The aim of the project is to drive the
creation of a network, comprising
social co-operatives, associations and
child-care institutions that have been
operating in Rome for some time.
Participants of Polisportiva Roma
benefit from a co-ordinated network
of professionals – trainers, educators,
psychologists – who supervise their
development. Sport offers the means by
which children and young people can
experience a positive social environment
and build constructive relations with
peers and adults.
PARA NUESTROS HEROES BARCELONA, SPAIN
Since 2008, the Fundación Laureus
España has been in partnership with
Fundación Alex to support the ‘For
Our Heroes’.
In 2008, Fundación Alex and
Fundación Laureus España created
the ‘For Our Heroes’ project to
promote sports practice among
handicapped people in Spain.
‘For Our Heroes’ is the name for the
scholarships that provide financial
support, up to a yearly delivery of
3,000 euros, for teams or groups of
people each year who participate in
sport activities and are in need of aid
to further develop their abilities.
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT PARA NEUSTROS HEROES IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
SPORT FOR GOOD
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PASA LA RED MADRID, SPAIN
‘Pasa la Red’ uses tennis to reach
out to vulnerable young people in the
Spanish capital of Madrid. The project
focuses on helping secure work for the
youngsters and the promotion of social
integration. It is run in partnership with
local courts and was developed by the
Madrid Tennis Foundation and Club
Deportivo Ocapa.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
(JOVENES ATLETAS) SPAIN
Special Olympics is the world’s largest
sports organisation for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities. It
has been active in Spain for the last 20
years, promoting 16 different sports
throughout the year and offering regular
sports training on a day-to-day basis for
all levels of athletes.
Special Olympics in Spain organises
more than 90 events each year and
runs training courses for coaches and
volunteers. They also participate in
the World Games organised by Special
Olympics International.
TENGO UN SUEÑO TRACK ACADEMY SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPAIN
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
RUSSIA
The ‘American Dream’ is known
throughout the world as the pursuit of
happiness regardless of where you come
from. And this philosophy is at the heart
of the ‘Tengo un Sueno’ Scholarship
programme. The programme, which
translates as ‘I have a Dream’ in English,
is a product of Fundación Laureus Spain
and aims to help four Spanish studentathletes of low economic resources to
chase the American dream.
Children growing up on London estates
like Stonebridge are under constant
pressure to join gangs, run drugs
and become involved in crime. Track
Academy tackles this in three ways:
through sport, education and mentoring.
The Special Olympics Russia mission
is to provide year-round sports training
and athletic competition in a variety of
Olympic-type sports for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities. This
gives them continuing opportunities to
develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage, experience joy and participate
in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship
with their families, other Special
Olympics athletes and the community.
Young student-athletes are supported
with everything they need in order to
pursue their personal, athletic and
academic development at a university in
the United States, thanks to an athletic
scholarship secured by the programme.
Coaches at Track Academy are of the
highest calibre, and their mentoring role
enables the participants to understand
what it takes to lead a successful and
fulfilling life. The aim of Track Academy
is to deliver self-confident, positive
young people into society and encourage
them to change their lives.
Special Olympics Russia has its local
Sub-Programmes in 62 regions of
the Russian Federation with over
110,000 athletes regularly training
and competing on all levels – school,
city, region, national, international.
The project challenges inequality and
intolerance through advocating policies
that recognise the abilities of people
with intellectual disabilities.
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LAUREUS WORLDWIDE
LAUREUS WORLDWIDE MAP HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECTS
& LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS HOST CITIES
HOST CITIES
AFRICA
MONACO, LISBON, BARCELONA,
ST PETERSBURG, ABU DHABI,
LONDON & RIO DE JANEIRO
1. BUFFALO CITY SOCCER SCHOOL
EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA
2. COACHING FOR HOPE - MALI & BURKINA FASO
3. COMMUNITY BASED AIDS PROGRAMME
KAMPALA, UGANDA
4.DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS AND RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - RWANDA
5. FIGHT WITH INSIGHT
6. GRASSROOT SOCCER - SOUTH AFRICA
7. GREAT COMMISSION UNITED
8. GRUPO DESPORTIVO DE MANICA
MANICA, MOZAMBIQUE
9. INDIGO YOUTH MOVEMENT
DURBAN & CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
10. INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATION - TANZANIA
11. ISIQALO – WAVES FOR CHANGE
12. JOHANNESBURG CUBS
13.KICK4LIFE - LESOTHO
14. LITTLE CHAMPS - CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
15. LUNGISANI INDLELA - DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
16. MAKOMBA-NDLELA YOUTH MOVEMENT
LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA
17. MATHARE YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION
(MYSA) - NAIROBI, KENYA
18. MOVING THE GOALPOSTS - KILIFI, KENYA
19. ORPHANAID AFRICA - GREATER ACCRA, GHANA
20. PEACEPLAYERS INTERNATIONAL
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
21.POLOAFRICA
EASTERN FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA
22. RIGHT TO DREAM - GHANA
PROJECTS
SUPPORTED BY THE LAUREUS
SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION
23.
24.
25.
26.
SOWETO SCHOOLS RUGBY PROGRAMME
SPORT FOR ALL
VUKA RUGBY
(FORMERLY LEGENDS CUP)
HOUT BAY CYCLING CLUB
ASIA
27.IMAGE - RAJASTHAN, INDIA
28. MAGIC BUS - INDIA
29. OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH
HONG KONG, CHINA
ISRAEL / PALESTINE
31. TWINNED BASKETBALL PROGRAMME
ISRAEL / PALESTINE
32. SEENIGAMA SPORT FOR LIFE PROJECT
SEENIGAMA, SRI LANKA
33. SPECIAL OLYMPICS - CHINA
34. SPIRIT OF SOCCER - CAMBODIA
35. SPIRIT OF SOCCER - IRAQ
36. SPIRIT OF SOCCER - LAOS
37. UNITY THROUGH SPORT PROJECT
MANKULUM, SRI LANKA
AUSTRALIA
38.
39.
40 .
BURRA JURRA SURF PROGRAMME
BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA
CATHY FREEMAN FOUNDATION
PALM ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
FOOTBALL UNITED - AUSTRALIA
SPORT FOR GOOD
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EUROPE
41. LAUREUS METRO SPORTS
BERN, SWITZERLAND
42. LAUREUS STREET SOCCER - SWITZERLAND
43. FIGHT FOR PEACE - LONDON, UK
44. PARA NUESTROS HEROES - BARCELONA, SPAIN
45. GOLF EDUCATIF - FRANCE
46. KICK IM BOXRING - BERLIN, GERMANY
47. KICK ON ICE - BERLIN, GERMANY
48. KICK THE ROPES - BERLIN, GERMANY
49.KICKFORMORE - STUTTGART, GERMANY
50.KIDSWING - MUNICH, GERMANY
51. KIDS FOR FUTURE - COLOGNE, GERMANY
52. KÖRBE FÜR KÖLN - COLOGNE, GERMANY
53. LAUREUS CAVALLO
WINTERHUR-UNTERSEEN, SWITZERLAND
54. LAUREUS GIRLS IN SPORT
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND
55. LAUREUS GIRLS KICKING - GERMANY
56. LAUREUS MIDNIGHT FUTSAL CUP
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
57. LAUREUS SCHNEETIGER - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
58. LAUREUS URBAN STARS BELFAST
BELFAST, UK
59. LAUREUS URBAN STARS BRISTOL
BRISTOL, UK
60. LAUREUS URBAN STARS GLASGOW
LONDON, UK
61. LAUREUS URBAN STARS LONDON
LONDON, UK
62. LAUREUS URBAN STARS MANCHESTER MANCHESTER, UK
63. LAUREUS URBAN STARS WEST MIDLANDS
BIRMINGHAM, UK
64. MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE
LONDON, UK
65. MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL - MILAN, ITALY
66. MIT PFERDEN STARK MACHEN
ACHBERG, GERMANY
67.MOVE&DO - STUTTGART, GERMANY
68. PASA LA RED - MADRID, SPAIN
69. PEACEPLAYERS INTERNATIONAL - CYPRUS
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK
71. PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA - MILAN, ITALY
72. PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA NAPOLI
NAPLES, ITALY
73. PROGETTO POLISPORTIVA ROMA
ROME, ITALY
74.PUNCH - PARIS, FRANCE
75. SPECIAL OLYMPICS - RUSSIA
76. JOVENES ATLETAS - SPAIN
77. STREET LEAGUE - LIVERPOOL, UK
78. STREET LEAGUE - LONDON, UK
79. STREET LEAGUE - GLASGOW, UK
LAUREUS WORLDWIDE
80. STREET LEAGUE - NOTTINGHAM, UK
81. TENGO UN SUEÑO - SPAIN
82. TRACK ACADEMY - LONDON, UK
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
A GANAR - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
BOLA PRA FRENTE - BRAZIL
CLUB ATLETICO PLATENSE
LAPRIDA, ARGENTINA
CLUB DEPORTIVO BARRACAS
GENERAL LAMADRID, ARGENTINA
GOL DE LETRA - BRAZIL
LA LIGA LIMAKIDS - LIMA, PERU
LUTA PELA PAZ - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
SPORT FOR LIFE
ROSARIO, SANTA FE, ARGENTINA
SPORTS IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
SPORTS SANS FRONTIERES
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
UNIÓN Y AMISTAD DE SAN ISIDRO
VIRREYES HOCKEY
NORTH AMERICA
95. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA
ATLANTA, USA
96. AMERICA SCORES DALLAS - DALLAS, USA
97. AMERICA SCORES NE - BOSTON, USA
98. A’S & ACES - NEW ORLEANS, USA
99. BEAT THE STREETS BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, USA
100. BELAFONTE TACOLCY CENTER - MIAMI, USA
101. BEYOND THE BALL - CHICAGO, USA
102. BLACK WOMEN IN SPORT FOUNDATION
PHILADELPHIA, USA
103. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SELA
NEW ORLEANS, USA
104. BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES
CHICAGO, USA
105. BRIDGE LACROSSE - DALLAS, USA
106. CHESTER UPLAND SOCCER FOR SUCCESS
PHILADELPHIA, USA
107. COHEN COLLEGE PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW ORLEANS, USA
108. COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES - NEW ORLEANS, USA
109. COLORADO RAPIDS YOUTH SOCCER CLUB
DENVER, USA
110. CP3 AFTERSCHOOL ZONE - NEW ORLEANS, USA
111. DALLAS BASEBALL ALLIANCE - DALLAS, USA
112. DIST. 50 EDUCATION FOUNDATION
(ADAMS 50) - DENVER, USA
113. EL MONTE CBI - LOS ANGELES, USA
114.ELEVATE - NEW ORLEANS, USA
115. FAMILY & CHILDREN FAITH COALITION
(D/B/A HOPE FOR MIAMI) - MIAMI, USA
116.FIRSTLINE - NEW ORLEANS, USA
117. FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATH
EDUCATION INC - NEW ORLEANS, USA
118. GIRL POWER / WORLD LITERACY CRUSADE
OF FL. - MIAMI, USA
119. ILLINOIS YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO, USA
120. INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL OF
NEW ORLEANS - NEW ORLEANS, USA
121. JT DORSEY FOUNDATION - PHILADELPHIA, USA
122. LA BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - LOS ANGELES, USA
123. LAGNIAPPE ACADEMIES - NEW ORLEANS, USA
124. LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY - NEW ORLEANS, USA
125. LEGACY YOUTH TENNIS AND EDUCATION
PHILADELPHIA, USA
126. LITTLE HAITI OPTIMIST CLUB - MIAMI, USA
127. LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S FOUNDATION
LOS ANGELES, USA
128.METROLACROSSE - BOSTON, USA
129. MGR FOUNDATION - CHICAGO, USA
130. MIAMI CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE - MIAMI, USA
131. MIAMI DADE POLICE PAL - MIAMI, USA
132. NETBALL AMERICA - ATLANTA, USA
133. OAKLAND LACROSSE
SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND, USA
134. OAKLAND STROKES
135. OUTSIDE THE RING CHAMPIONS FOUNDATION
MIAMI, USA
136. QUALITY UNITED EDUCATION - MIAMI, USA
137.RENEW - NEW ORLEANS, USA
138. SHAKE A LEG MIAMI - MIAMI, USA
139. SKATE LIKE A GIRL - SEATTLE, USA
140. SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS
141. SUCCESS PREP - NEW ORLEANS, USA
142. THE SCHOOL OF BASKETBALL - MIAMI, USA
143. THE SERVICE BOARD - SEATTLE, USA
144. TOUCHING MIAMI WITH LOVE - MIAMI, USA
145. TRIPLE THREAT MENTORING - CHICAGO, USA
146. UP2US’ COACH ACROSS AMERICA - USA
147. WASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL
ACADEMY – WASHINGTON DC, USA
148. WASHINGTON YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
SEATTLE, USA
149. WESTBANK WRESTLING - NEW ORLEANS, USA
150. WORLD SPORT CHICAGO - CHICAGO, USA
151. YOUTH RUN NOLA - NEW ORLEANS, USA
152. YOUTH SPEAK COLLECTIVE - LOS ANGELES, USA
153. ZHANG SAH - PHILADELPHIA, USA
THE WINNING ENTRY IN THE 2013 LAUREUS
WATCH DRAWING COMPETITION UNDER
THE THEME ‘TIME TO MOVE’ BY HAKKINI
HASANGA SANDUMAL DE SILVA FROM THE
LAUREUS-SUPPORTED FOUNDATION OF
GOODNESS PROJECT IN SEENIGAMA, SRI
LANKA. HAKKINI’S DRAWING IS ENGRAVED
ON THE BACK OF THE PORTUGUESE YACHT
CLUB CHRONOGRAPH EDITION LAUREUS
SPORT FOR GOOD
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LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBERS
PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER ADAMIK
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS
ACADEMY MEMBERS
The Laureus World Sports Academy
is a unique association of 46 of
the greatest living sportsmen and
women, under the chairmanship of
double Olympic gold medal winner
Edwin Moses. They share a belief in
the power of sport to break down
barriers and to improve the lives of
young people around the world.
They volunteer their services as
global ambassadors for the Laureus
Sport for Good Foundation.
The Academy Members also cast
their votes to select the winners
of the Laureus Awards, which
honour the greatest sportsmen and
sportswomen in the world each
year.
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EDWIN MOSES
ATHLETICS, UNITED STATES
Edwin Moses (b.1955) will always
be remembered for one of the most
dominant reigns in world sport. For a
remarkable nine years, nine months and
nine days, he remained unbeaten in the
400 metres hurdles. Moses won his first
gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games
in Montreal, but, due to the American
boycott in 1980, he had to wait eight
years until he could win his second
Olympic gold in Los Angeles in 1984.
In the meantime, he enjoyed a practical
monopoly in the event as he put together
a string of 122 victories that began in
1977 and lasted nearly a decade. His
farewell Olympics in Seoul, at the age
of 33, saw him take the bronze. He has
been Chairman of Laureus since 2000
and is a board member of the United
States Anti-Doping Agency.
Everyone at Laureus shares
a common belief that sport
is a universal language
which has the power to
speak to people across
the globe, whatever
their colour or creed.
EDWIN MOSES, CHAIRMAN, LAUREUS
LAUREUS ACADEMY MEMBERS STEVE REDGRAVE, MICHAEL JOHNSON & SEB COE AT THE LAUREUS-SUPPORTED PROJECT TRACK ACADEMY, UNITED KINGDOM
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GIACOMO AGOSTINI
MARCUS ALLEN
FRANZ BECKENBAUER
BORIS BECKER
IAN BOTHAM
SERGEY BUBKA
MOTOR CYCLING, ITALY
AMERICAN FOOTBALL, UNITED STATES
FOOTBALL, GERMANY
TENNIS, GERMANY
CRICKET, UNITED KINGDOM
ATHLETICS, UKRAINE
During his 17-year career, which saw
him become motor cycling’s first global
superstar, Giacomo Agostini (b.1942)
racked up an astonishing 122 Grand
Prix wins and 15 World Championship
titles. Raised in northern Italy, Agostini
started racing up hillside roads, but
soon became a master of riding 350cc
and 500cc bikes on the track. He came
to prominence after winning his first
Grand Prix race in 1965 at Nürburgring,
the same venue where he was to record
his final career victory 11 years later.
Brilliant running back Marcus Allen
(b.1960) is considered one of the
greatest American football players of all
time. An outstanding goal-line and shortyardage runner, he was the first player
to gain more than 10,000 rushing yards
and 5,000 receiving yards during his
career. In total he ran for 12,243 yards
and caught 587 passes for 5,411 yards
during a 15-year career in the National
Football League from 1982 to 1997. He
played for the Los Angeles Raiders and
the Kansas City Chiefs. He scored 145
touchdowns, including a then record 123
rushing touchdowns.
Franz Beckenbauer (b.1945) is the only
man to have led a country to World Cup
success as a player and a coach – and
organised a highly successful World
Cup finals there. As a player, he is also
credited with inventing the attacking
sweeper role that helped Bayern
Munich to three consecutive European
Cups. Playing for West Germany, he
was in the side that won the European
Championship in 1972, but the
undisputed highlight of his career was
as captain of the 1974 West German
side that lifted the World Cup
trophy in Munich.
The career of tennis star Boris Becker
(b.1967) is invariably linked to his first
major success on the Grand Slam
circuit, when as an unseeded 17-yearold he became the youngest male
player to win at Wimbledon. After his
1985 triumph, Becker went on to reach
another six finals, winning Wimbledon
twice more in 1986 and 1989. His
aggressive net play and overpowering
serves made for a potent combination that
won him both matches and the adoration
of fans.
One of the greatest all-rounders,
Ian Botham (b.1955) is arguably the
most inspirational figure produced by
English cricket in the post-war years.
During a 15-year Test career of 102
matches, Botham took 383 wickets at
an average of 28.40, he scored 5,200
runs at an average of 33.54 and he
took 120 catches. Botham’s greatest
achievements came during England’s
triumphant 1981 Ashes campaign
against Australia when he set up two
unlikely victories.
The career statistics of pole vaulter
Sergey Bubka (b.1963) speak for
themselves. He won a record six
successive world titles – a feat
unsurpassed in athletics – and was the
first to clear both six metres and 20
feet. Although dominating his sport for
nearly two decades, Bubka surprisingly
won just a single Olympic gold medal.
Nonetheless, the Ukrainian set a world
record mark 35 times.
Allen is best remembered for his
heroics in the 1984 Super Bowl against
Washington Redskins when he ran for
191 yards, caught two passes for 18
yards and scored two touchdowns in the
Raiders 38-9 victory. One touchdown run
was 74 yards, then the longest in Super
Bowl history. He was inducted into the
NFL Hall of Fame in 2003.
He then went on to coach his country
to another World Cup victory in 1990.
Beckenbauer was duly honoured as
Germany’s greatest player of the 20th
century. To complete a remarkable
career, he served as Chairman of the
organising committee for the 2006
World Cup finals.
Although known for his ability on grass
courts, Becker was also able to win
on other surfaces, securing 49 career
singles titles that included wins on hard
court surfaces at the Australian (twice)
and US Open. He was also instrumental
in securing his country’s first-ever
Davis Cup success in 1988 and won an
Olympic doubles gold medal in 1992.
In the Headingley Test, he made a
match-winning 149 not out and his
ferocious 118 in the second innings at
Old Trafford has been described as one
of the best Test innings of all time. In
addition to his work for Laureus, he has
been a tireless supporter of charity,
several times walking 874 miles from
Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise
money for leukaemia research.
Among Agostini’s impressive
accomplishments was the world title
double – in both the 350cc and 500cc
categories – during a five-year stretch
from 1968 to 1972, as well as 19 race
wins during the 1970 season. After
winning his final world title in 1975,
Agostini enjoyed his last competitive
year in 1976 with Grand Prix wins in
both the 350cc and 500cc classes.
Unable to compete in the 1984
Olympics due to the Soviet boycott,
Bubka leaped to gold in Seoul four years
later by nailing a 5.90 metre vault. In
1985 in Paris he became the first person
to break the six-metre barrier and then
outdid this by topping 20 feet in 1991.
He announced his retirement from
competition in 2001, but his 6.14 metre
world record set in 1994 has yet to
be broken.
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BOBBY CHARLTON
SEBASTIAN COE
NADIA COMANECI
YAPING DENG
MARCEL DESAILLY
KAPIL DEV
FOOTBALL, UNITED KINGDOM
ATHLETICS, UNITED KINGDOM
GYMNASTICS, ROMANIA/UNITED STATES
TABLE TENNIS, CHINA
FOOTBALL, FRANCE
CRICKET, INDIA
Recognised as England’s greatest
footballer, Bobby Charlton (b.1937)
possessed tremendous skill and a
ferocious shot. A survivor of the 1958
Munich air crash, Charlton retired from
the game in 1974 after having scored
247 goals in 752 games for his only
club, Manchester United, and helping his
side to win three English First Division
titles, the 1963 FA Cup and the
1968 European Cup.
Sebastian Coe (b.1956) is one of the bestknown figures in British sport. His easy,
rhythmic running style made him one of
the most popular athletes to watch.
Nadia Comaneci (b.1961) is easily the
most celebrated figure in the history of
gymnastics. In a career that spanned
two Olympic Games, Comaneci won nine
Olympic medals for Romania, including
five golds. First discovered at age six by
legendary coach Bela Karolyi, she rose
quickly through the ranks and in 1975 at
the European Championships she took
home three golds and one silver. In 1979
she became the first gymnast to win
three consecutive European overall titles.
Heralded as the finest table tennis
player in history, China’s Yaping Deng
(b.1973) was the top-ranked woman in
the world for eight straight years. Known
for her attacking style, the petite Deng
won 18 individual and team titles at
Olympic and world level. She clinched
Olympic gold in singles and doubles at
both the Barcelona Games in 1992 and
the 1996 Atlanta Games. She won the
world singles title in 1991 and 1995,
was world doubles champion with Qiao
Hong in 1989 and 1995 and clinched
both the world singles and doubles
crowns for a third time in 1997.
One of the greatest modern French
footballers, Marcel Desailly (b.1968)
was a member of the charismatic
French football team which won the
1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000
European Championship. Following
those triumphs, he became captain
of the team and in 2001 led France
to victory in the Confederations Cup.
He played 116 times for France, then
a record, before retiring following the
2004 European Championship.
The greatest all-rounder in Indian
cricket, Kapil Dev (b.1959) was a gifted
bowler and batsman who helped India
to World Cup glory. By the time he
retired from the Test arena in 1994,
Kapil had made 5,248 runs and taken
434 Test wickets. A natural striker,
the right-handed batsman routinely
got his country out of trouble with
impressive outings, most notably
during the 1983 World Cup in England.
With his side reeling at 17 for 5, he
smashed a devastating 175 not out
against Zimbabwe to turn the tide. Team
captain Kapil then led his players to a
memorable upset of the heavily favoured
West Indies in the final.
But England fans will forever remember
Charlton as the player who guided his
country to World Cup glory in 1966.
Playing on home soil, Charlton inspired
the England team with two goals in
the 2-1 semi-final victory over Portugal
and then neutralised Germany’s Franz
Beckenbauer in the final at Wembley.
Charlton was voted the best player of
the tournament, European Footballer
of the Year and English Footballer of
the Year.
At the 1980 Moscow Olympics he took
gold in the 1500 metres and silver in
the 800, a feat he repeated four years
later in Los Angeles. He is perhaps
best remembered for his phenomenal
performance in 1979 when, in 41 days,
he broke world records in the 800
metres, the mile and 1,500 metres.
After retiring in 1989, Coe became a UK
Member of Parliament from 1992-97.
Most recently he was Chairman of the
Organising Committee for the highly
successful 2012 London Olympic
and Paralympic Games in 2012. He
is currently Chairman of the British
Olympic Association and is a member
of the IOC Co-ordination Commission for
Tokyo 2020.
But the diminutive Romanian will
forever be linked with one individual
performance on the uneven bars at the
1976 Montreal Olympics. The 14-yearold Comaneci stunned the judges
and the world by becoming the first
gymnast to receive a perfect 10 score.
Overnight, she became a worldwide
media sensation and helped boost the
popularity of her sport.
She also helped China to three team
titles at the World Championships.
Despite initial concerns by coaches
about her being too short, she was
already beating the best players in
China by the age of 13 and went
on to clinch her country’s national
championship in 1986.
In club football, he was with Olympique
de Marseille for two years, winning the
Champions League, before moving to
Italian giants AC Milan, who in 1994
also won Europe’s most prestigious
club competition. He was the first
player to win the Champions League in
consecutive seasons with different clubs.
In 1998 Desailly moved to London club
Chelsea, for whom he played for the last
six years of his top-class career.
During a 16-year career that saw him
never miss a match, Kapil played in 225
One-Day Internationals and accumulated
3,783 runs and more than 250 wickets.
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MICK DOOHAN
DAVID DOUILLET
EMERSON FITTIPALDI
SEAN FITZPATRICK
DAWN FRASER
CATHY FREEMAN
MOTOR CYCLING, AUSTRALIA
JUDO, FRANCE
MOTOR RACING, BRAZIL
RUGBY, NEW ZEALAND
SWIMMING, AUSTRALIA
ATHLETICS, AUSTRALIA
One of the giants of motor cycle racing,
Australia’s Mick Doohan (b.1965)
won five consecutive 500cc World
Championships between 1994 and
1998, an achievement only beaten
by Giacomo Agostini who won seven.
Doohan appeared to be on his way to
winning his first World Championship
in 1992, when he was seriously injured
in a practice crash before the Dutch TT.
He suffered permanent damage to his
right leg and at one stage it was feared
that the leg might have to be amputated.
Restored to fitness, Doohan won his first
World Championship in 1994.
In a sport long dominated by the
Japanese, Frenchman David Douillet
(b.1969) became the first Westerner to
win both world heavyweight and open
weight championships in judo. Achieving
the feat in Japan in 1995, Douillet then
went on to collect back-to-back gold
medals in the heavyweight division
at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. His
victory in Sydney was all the sweeter
since he had recovered from a bad
motorbike accident suffered shortly after
the Atlanta Games.
In 1972, Emerson Fittipaldi (b.1946)
became Brazil’s first Formula One world
champion, igniting a passion for the
sport in that country which still exists
today. The charismatic Brazilian won
a second world title in 1974 and later
made a successful switch to the United
States, which culminated in two victories
in the prestigious Indianapolis 500.
Sean Fitzpatrick (b.1963) is one of the
giants of international rugby. Having
made his debut for the All Blacks
in 1986, he was appointed captain
in 1992, ultimately playing in 121
international matches, including 92
Test matches, 51 of those as captain.
Remarkably he played in 63 consecutive
Test matches. Combining mobility and
strength, he is rated as one of the bestever players in his position as hooker.
Widely regarded as Australia’s greatestever sportswoman, Dawn Fraser
(b.1937) won four gold medals in three
successive Olympic Games between
1956 and 1964, including three straight
100 metres freestyle titles. She became
the first swimmer, male or female, to
win the same event three times. Fraser
rounded off her outstanding Olympic
career at the Tokyo Games of
1964 when, just past her 27th birthday,
she triumphed with her third consecutive
100 metres success. A silver in the relay
boosted her Olympic career total to
a remarkable eight medals.
Cathy Freeman’s (b.1973) victory in
the 400 metres at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics is one of the most indelible
moments in Olympic history. After
lighting the Olympic flame during the
Opening Ceremony, her run for the gold
medal became the iconic memory of
the Games for host country Australia
and made a stirring visual image around
the world as she raced to victory in her
yellow and green hooded running suit.
Her feat won her the Laureus World
Sportswoman of the Year Award
in 2001.
His most successful year was 1997
when he won 12 out of 15 races and
finished second in another two, although
frustratingly he crashed out of the final
race of the season at his home Grand
Prix when leading.
Prior to his extraordinary double in
1995, Douillet had earned his first
Olympic medal at the 1992 Barcelona
Games, where he clinched a bronze in
the heavyweight division. He claimed his
first world title in Canada the following
year and then repeated the effort
twice, winning his third consecutive
heavyweight crown in his front of home
supporters in Paris.
Fittipaldi took over as the No.1 driver for
Team Lotus after the death of Jochen
Rindt in 1970, and he won his first world
title just two years later. His second
world title came with McLaren two years
after that. In 1984, Fittipaldi joined the
Indy Car series in the United States and
quickly won the hearts of American
race fans. He continued his brilliant
performance on the track, winning the
Indy Car championship in 1989 and the
Indianapolis 500 in 1989 and 1993.
He took part in the inaugural Rugby
World Cup in 1987, which saw New
Zealand triumph over France in the final
in Auckland. As captain, he led New
Zealand to a series win over the touring
British Lions in 1993, to a clean sweep
in the first Tri-Nations tournament with
Australia and South Africa in 1996 and
to the All Blacks first-ever Test series win
in South Africa.
She was recognised for her achievement
in 1964 when she was named Australian
of the Year. During her nine years of
global swimming dominance, she set
28 world records. In 1981, she was
awarded the prestigious Olympic Order.
She also won World Championship
gold medals in 1997 and 1999 and an
Olympic silver medal in Atlanta in 1996.
An Aboriginal Australian, she is regarded
as a role model for her people and, by
many in the non-Aboriginal community,
as a symbol of national reconciliation
between indigenous and non-indigenous
Australians.
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TANNI GREY-THOMPSON
PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS, UNITED KINGDOM
Britain’s Tanni Grey-Thompson (b.1969)
concluded a magnificent career with
gold medals in the 100 and 400 metres
at her final Paralympic Games in Athens
in 2004. It took her medal haul from
five Paralympics to 11 gold, four silver
and a bronze and established her as
one of the most gifted and courageous
sportswomen of her generation.
Born with spina bifida, she began
using a wheelchair at the age of seven
and took up wheelchair racing at
13. She made her debut at the 1988
Paralympics in Seoul where she was
third in the 400 metres. At Barcelona
four years later, she proved unbeatable,
securing four gold medals to kick-start
her remarkable career. She has also
won six London Wheelchair Marathons
and is now a member of the UK upper
chamber of Parliament, the House
of Lords.
MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER
BOXING, UNITED STATES
One of the greatest fighters of all time,
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (b.1954) was
World Middleweight Champion from
1980 to 1987. He compiled a career
record of 62 wins, three loses, and two
draws, with 52 wins by knockout, and
was inducted into the International
Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Hagler
became champion in September 1980
with a victory in three rounds
over Britain’s Alan Minter to take the
undisputed title which he went on to
hold for seven-and-a-half years.
Hagler subsequently made 12
successful title defences. Among his
victims were Vito Antuofermo, Mustafa
Hamsho, Roberto Duran, Juan Roldan,
John Mugabi and Thomas Hearns.
His last fight in 1987 ended with a
controversial split decision in favour of
Sugar Ray Leonard. Hagler then retired
from boxing, travelled to Italy and began
another career as an actor, boxing
analyst and sports commentator.
MIKA HÄKKINEN
TONY HAWK
MIKE HORN
MIGUEL INDURAIN
MOTOR RACING, FINLAND
SKATEBOARDING, UNITED STATES
EXPLORER, SOUTH AFRICA
CYCLING, SPAIN
Mika Häkkinen (b.1968) showed
immense courage to come back from a
crash in 1995, in which he nearly lost
his life, to win back-to-back Formula One
World Championships. Häkkinen was
a test driver from 1993 with McLaren,
whose front-line drivers were Ayrton
Senna and Michael Andretti. When
Andretti returned to the US and Senna
left for Williams, Häkkinen became
team leader.
The best-known action sportsman
in history, Tony Hawk (b.1968) is a
skateboarding legend. During his 20year competitive career, he defied gravity
with his outlandish tricks and became a
role model to millions of young people.
He was given his first skateboard at nine,
turned professional at 14 and by 16 was
acknowledged as the best skateboarder
in the world. Hawk won 12 World
Championships, 13 X Games medals
and invented over 80 tricks. He entered
103 professional contests, winning 73 of
them and coming second in 19.
Mike Horn (b.1966) is one of the
world’s greatest modern-day adventurerexplorers, undertaking feats of
endurance and courage. He became
known in 2000 after completing a solo
18-month journey around the equator
without motor transport, by trimaran,
foot, bicycle and canoe. This feat won
him the 2001 Laureus World Alternative
Sportsperson of the Year Award.
In 1995, Miguel Indurain (b.1964)
became the first man to win five
consecutive victories in the Tour de
France, the premier distance cycling
event in the world. Born in Navarre,
Indurain was Spanish champion at 19
and competed at the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympics before turning professional in
1985. In that same year, he joined the
Banesto team and raced in his first Tour.
He made steady progress and celebrated
his first Tour victory in 1991.
The arrival of Mercedes-Benz power gave
him a car which matched his competitive
instincts, and he won his first Grand Prix
at Jerez in 1997. He never looked back,
collecting his first World Championship
in style in 1998, winning eight of the 16
races, and the following year retaining
the title in the final race of the season.
At the start of 2001, Häkkinen had
another big accident, at the Australian
Grand Prix, and retired at the age of 33.
His defining moment came in June
1999 when he made skateboarding
history at the X Games by performing
a ‘900’, which requires two-and-a-half
full rotations while flying through the air.
Although now retired, his fans follow all
his moves via the video games that he
has helped to develop.
In 2004, he completed a two-year solo
20,000 km circumnavigation of the
Arctic Circle, by boat, kayak, ski kite and
on foot, through Greenland, Canada,
Alaska, the Bering Strait and Russia’s
Siberia. In 2006, Horn and Norwegian
explorer Borge Ousland became the first
men to travel without dog or motorised
transport to the North Pole during
the permanent darkness of the Arctic
months, reaching their destination after
60 days and five hours.
While winning the next four Tours, he
demonstrated his incredible stamina by
twice winning the Giro d’Italia in 1992
and 1993. Indurain excelled in short
time trials and in 1996 took gold at
the Olympic Games. His indomitable
strength and the respect he showed to
competitors and fans made him one of
the most popular cyclists of all time.
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MICHAEL JOHNSON
KIP KEINO
FRANZ KLAMMER
DAN MARINO
NAWAL EL MOUTAWAKEL
ROBBY NAISH
ATHLETICS, UNITED STATES
ATHLETICS, KENYA
SKIING, AUSTRIA
AMERICAN FOOTBALL, UNITED STATES
ATHLETICS, MOROCCO
With his powerful, upright style, Michael
Johnson (b.1967) is regarded as the
greatest 400 metres runner of all time.
Five times an Olympic champion, he
had won nine World Championship gold
medals when he retired. The Texan was
the first man to hold both 200 and 400
metres world records. Between 1990
and 1997, he had 58 consecutive wins
over 400m and in the 200m, he won 32
straight races between 1990 and 1992.
Kip Keino (b.1940) is one of Kenya’s
greatest Olympic athletes. His courage
and determination in winning a gold in
the 1,500 metres and a silver medal in
the 5,000 metres in the 1968 Olympics,
despite a gallbladder infection,
endeared him to sports lovers around
the world. That drive and single-minded
determination to succeed against the
odds has today made him one of the
great benefactors to underprivileged
children in Kenya.
Franz Klammer (b.1953) dominated
downhill skiing during the mid-1970s
and won 26 World Cup races and five
Downhill World Cups. His finest hour
came during the 1976 Winter Olympics
in Innsbruck when he dramatically
responded to the pressure of the home
fans and won the Olympic downhill by
0.33 of a second. Austria had not won
a gold medal during the first week of
those Olympics and expectations were
sky-high. Klammer did not disappoint.
By winning the 400 metres hurdles gold
medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic
Games, Nawal El Moutawakel (b.1962)
became the first Moroccan, African and
Arab woman to win an Olympic track
gold medal. Her watershed performance
was watched live in her hometown of
Casablanca in the early hours of the
morning and locals poured onto the
streets to celebrate.
Keino’s training at 1,800 metres
above sea level helped to introduce
high-altitude preparation as a normal
technique to improve running. At 32, he
tried his luck in the steeplechase at the
1972 Olympics. Though unfamiliar with
the event, he upset the favourites in the
field to win a gold medal and added a
silver in the 1,500 metres.
Cheered on by a crowd of 60,000, he
raced at the limit, throwing caution
to the wind, eventually beating
Switzerland’s Bernhard Russi, the 1972
gold medallist, into second place. Not
only did Klammer post the fastest-ever
speed recorded in the event, with
an average of 102.828 km/h, but he
thrilled the skiing world with a display of
extreme daring and determination.
One of the greatest quarterbacks ever
to have played, Dan Marino (b.1961)
became the most prolific passer in
National Football League history
thanks to his lightning-quick release.
In 1983, his first pro season, he made
an immediate impact for the Miami
Dolphins, as he threw 20 touchdowns
and won rookie of the year honours. The
following year he established a season
record by becoming the only NFL passer
to throw for more than 5,000 yards as
he took his team to Super Bowl XIX.
WINDSURFING/KITEBOARDING, UNITED STATES
His first Olympic gold came in Barcelona
in 1992 when he was a member of
the US 4 x 400 metres relay team.
Four years later in 1996 at Atlanta, he
became the first athlete to win both
200m and 400m at the same Games. In
Sydney in 2000 he retained the 400m
title and won his fifth career gold in the
4x400m relay event.
After 17 seasons with the Dolphins,
Marino was inducted into the Pro
Football Hall of Fame in 2005, having
established records in passing yardage
(61,361), touchdown passes (420),
completions (4,967) and
pass attempts (8,358). Off the field, he
and his wife Claire have created the
Dan Marino Foundation to assist
children suffering from autism.
A former Vice-Chair of Laureus and
Minister of Sport and Youth in Morocco,
Nawal plays an increasingly significant
role in international sport. She was
the Chair of the International Olympic
Committee Evaluation Commission
for the 2012 and the 2016 Summer
Olympic Games. And in January 2010,
she was appointed Chair of the IOC
Co-ordination Commission for the Rio
de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016,
becoming the first woman ever to lead a
Co-ordination Commission.
Widely acknowledged as the greatest
windsurfer of all time, Robby Naish
(b.1963) became world champion at the
age of 13 and went on to win another
23 world titles. When the sport turned
professional in 1981, he was ranked
No.1 and maintained the top spot for
six years. Raised in Hawaii, Naish had
a knack for riding big waves and is
renowned for his excellent slalom and
course racing skills.
He began surfing when he was just eight
and picked up windsurfing three years
later. After winning his first windsurfing
World Championship in the Bahamas,
he successfully defended his crown the
following year in Italy. That triumph led
to another victory in Mexico in 1978,
beginning a decade of total dominance
on the waves.
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ILIE NASTASE
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA ALEXEY NEMOV
TENNIS, ROMANIA
TENNIS, UNITED STATES
GYMNASTICS, RUSSIA
With a fluid and bold style of tennis,
Ilie Nastase (b.1946) was a popular
player on the tennis circuit in the 1970s.
Nastase won two Grand Slam singles
titles – the US Open in 1972 and the
French Open in 1973. Utilising his drop
shots and touch volleys, he finished
his career with 57 singles and
51 doubles titles.
While she was a champion on all
surfaces, Martina Navratilova (b.1956)
is most remembered for her play at
Wimbledon. The Czech-born Navratilova
mesmerised fans at the All England Club
during her magnificent reign, which
saw her win a record nine singles titles,
including six in a row from 1982 to
1987. She retired from the game with
167 singles titles, 178 doubles titles and
59 Grand Slam crowns.
Although he came out on the losing
end of the 1972 Wimbledon final, the
five-set match with Stan Smith was one
of the most thrilling contests ever seen
there. During the peak of his career,
Nastase also won three Grand Slam
men’s doubles titles: the French Open
with fellow Romanian Ion Tiriac in 1970;
Wimbledon with Jimmy Connors in 1973;
and the US Open, again with Connors,
in 1975.
During her extraordinary career,
Navratilova served and volleyed her
way to four US Open victories, three
Australian Open wins and two French
Opens. In 2003, she became the oldest
Grand Slam winner and only the third
player to have won every event (singles,
doubles, mixed doubles) in the four
Grand Slam tournaments when she
clinched the Australian mixed doubles
title at 46.
JACK NICKLAUS
GARY PLAYER
MORNÉ DU PLESSIS
GOLF, UNITED STATES
GOLF, SOUTH AFRICA
RUGBY, SOUTH AFRICA
Alexey Nemov (b.1976) demonstrated
a unique style and elegance whenever
he performed. An immensely popular
crowd-pleaser, he won a total of 12
Olympic gymnastic medals, beginning in
1996 with two gold, one silver and three
bronze at the Atlanta Olympics. Over the
next four years he continually battled
recurring shoulder injuries, yet he
surprised everyone at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics when he produced the best
gymnastics of his career, once again
taking home six medals, including
the all-round title.
Jack Nicklaus (b.1940) was renowned
for his ability to tame even the most
demanding golf course. Using an
arsenal of precision shot-making, power
and one of the strongest minds the
game has ever known, he is arguably the
greatest player in the sport’s history.
Voted the Best Individual Male Athlete of
the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated
magazine, Nicklaus won 18 majors, a
feat unmatched in golf history. He won
each of the four majors at least three
times, including a record six green
jackets at Augusta.
Gary Player (b.1935) is one of the
game’s greatest players. The South
African has won 163 titles and is one
of only five golfers to have completed
the coveted Grand Slam by winning
all four of golf’s majors. In all, Player
has won three US Masters, three
British Open Championships, two US
PGA Championships and a US Open.
He has won the British Open in three
different decades, showing his capacity
to continually push himself to new
challenges.
Morné du Plessis (b.1949) is a
legendary figure in South African rugby
and is regarded as one of his country’s
greatest forwards. As manager of the
Springboks, the South African national
rugby team, du Plessis was instrumental
in helping his side to a historic victory in
their first-ever Rugby World Cup in 1995
on home soil.
In the 2004 Olympics, Nemov performed
a routine with amazing release skills in
the high-bar finals, for which the judges
scored only 9.725. The outraged Athens
crowd interrupted the competition for 15
minutes until Nemov pleaded for quiet.
The incident resulted in a revision of the
sport’s scoring system.
He immediately made his presence
known as a professional when he beat
Arnold Palmer in a play-off to win the
US Open in Oakmont in 1962 to claim
his first win and major. He showed
impressive longevity, winning his last
major championship at the age of 46 in
the 1986 Masters.
Considered the best bunker player of
all time, he possesses an extraordinary
work ethic and coined the famous quote:
‘The harder you practise, the luckier
you get.’ Now in his sixth decade as a
professional, Player regularly competes
on the Champions Tour and has been a
wonderful ambassador for the game.
As a player, he represented his country
in 22 Test matches (15 as captain),
posting 18 wins. His impressive
captaincy included triumphs over the
fearsome All Blacks of 1976 and the
British Lions of 1980. An intelligent
No.8 with the Cape powerhouse team
Western Province, du Plessis was
first picked as a Springbok in 1971
during a Test series away to Australia
where the visitors blanked their hosts
taking three straight victories.
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HUGO PORTA
STEVE REDGRAVE
VIVIAN RICHARDS
MONICA SELES
MARK SPITZ
DALEY THOMPSON
RUGBY, ARGENTINA
ROWING, UNITED KINGDOM
CRICKET, ANTIGUA
TENNIS, UNITED STATES
SWIMMING, UNITED STATES
ATHLETICS, UNITED KINGDOM
At the peak of his career, Argentinian
rugby player Hugo Porta (b.1951) was
considered the best fly-half in the world.
He was instrumental in making rugby
an attractive option in football-obsessed
South America. Porta was renowned
for his kicking abilities, compiling an
impressive 530 international points.
At Sydney in 2000, when Steve Redgrave
(b.1962) won his fifth gold medal from
as many consecutive Olympic Games,
he confirmed his status as not only the
finest rower the world has ever seen,
but as one of the greatest Olympians
of all time. His career achievements
included: gold for the Coxed Fours in Los
Angeles in 1984; gold with his previous
partner Andy Holmes in the Coxless
Pairs at Seoul in 1988; gold with partner
Matthew Pinsent for the Coxless Pairs at
the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and the
Atlanta Olympics in 1996; and a famous
win in the Coxless Fours in Sydney.
Whenever he stepped into the batting
crease, Vivian Richards (b.1952)
invariably inflicted damage on opposing
sides as his 8,540 runs for West
Indies at Test level attest. The powerful
right-handed batsman appeared in
121 Testmatches and notched 24 Test
centuries. Richards made his Test debut
in 1974 against India and in 1989
became the first West Indian cricketer to
make 100 first-class hundreds.
Using two-fisted groundstrokes and an
aggressive service return, Monica Seles
(b.1973) is considered by many to be
the first power player in the women’s
game. After turning professional in
1988, she quickly turned heads when
two years later at the age of 16 she
became the youngest-ever winner of the
French Open, beating the formidable
Steffi Graf in straight sets. From 1991
to 1993, she was undoubtedly the
dominant force in tennis as she won 22
titles and reached 33 finals of the 34
tournaments in which she played.
The Olympic achievements of Mark
Spitz (b.1950), one of the most
famous names in swimming, are
unequalled. While studying at Indiana
University, Spitz earned four national
championships. After performing poorly
in his first Olympics in Mexico City,
winning only two gold medals in relays
and a silver and bronze in his butterfly
and freestyle races, Spitz produced the
unthinkable at the 1972 Games.
Having won two Olympic gold medals
in the decathlon, Daley Thompson
(b.1958) at his peak can safely lay claim
to being the best all-round athlete in
track and field. Thompson dominated
his event over a nine-year stretch that
saw him take first place in the 1980 and
1984 Olympics, three Commonwealth
titles (1978, 1982, 1986), two
European titles (1982 and 1986) as
well as a gold medal at the 1983 World
Championships in Helsinki.
In one memorable match against
perennial heavyweights New Zealand,
the sturdy fly-half kicked all of his
side’s 21 points as they drew with the
much-feared All Blacks. He played
for Argentina’s Pumas 65 times in
Test matches and wore the captain’s
armband for 11 years. Off the pitch, he
was Argentinian Ambassador to South
Africa and received the Order of Good
Hope award from President Nelson
Mandela. He also served as Argentina’s
Minister of Sport.
In addition to his Olympic successes,
and following four unbeaten seasons
from 1993 to 1996, he won his ninth
World Championship gold in August
1999. He was diagnosed with diabetes
in 1997.
He also assisted the West Indies side in
claiming victory in the first two Cricket
World Cup tournaments. In 1976 he
produced a massive total of 1,710 Test
runs, including a remarkable 829 runs
against England during a four-match
series. Taking over as captain of the
squad in 1980, he propelled West Indies
to their greatest spell at Test level as
they won 27 times.
Overall, Seles clinched 53 singles
titles, including nine Grand Slams (four
Australian Opens, three French Opens
and two US Opens). After becoming
a US citizen, Seles helped her new
country win the Federation Cup in 1996
and 2000 and then went on to secure
herself a bronze at the 2000 Olympics
in Sydney.
He swam in seven different events – four
individual and three relays – setting a
world record time in all of them. The
unmatched performance left him as the
first person to have taken most golds at
a single Olympics, until Michael Phelp’s
eight golds at the Beijing Games in
2008. He also broke 35 world records
during his career.
In addition, his 1984 gold medal
performance was recognised as a world
record after a scoring error had been
discovered. Despite his unsuccessful
bid to win an unprecedented third gold
in Seoul, Thompson racked up 19
decathlon wins, including an incredible
streak of 12 straight first places.
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LAUREUS NATIONAL DIRECTORY
ALBERTO TOMBA
STEVE WAUGH
KATARINA WITT
SKIING, ITALY
CRICKET, AUSTRALIA
FIGURE SKATING, GERMANY
Alberto Tomba (b.1966) is highly
regarded for his outstanding skill and
aggressive style in both Slalom and
Giant Slalom events. The charismatic
Italian recorded 50 World Cup race
wins and participated in four Winter
Olympics, taking three golds and two
silvers. Tomba accomplished a fantastic
double, taking the Slalom and Giant
Slalom at his first Olympics in 1988.
When he retired in January 2004,
Steve Waugh (b.1965) was the most
successful captain in the history of
Test cricket, with 41 wins in 57 Tests.
In his career, he scored 10,927 Test
runs at an average of 51.06, including
32 centuries. The team he led won
successive World Cups in 1999 and
2003. In his last match, a record finalday crowd of 27,000 at the Sydney
Cricket Ground roared their appreciation
as Waugh was chaired round the ground
by his team-mates at the end of his
168th and final Test match.
Enchanting figure skater Katarina Witt
(b.1965) left an indelible mark on her
sport. She took her first Olympic gold
medal in 1984 in Sarajevo and then
repeated the feat at the 1988 Games
in Calgary, becoming the first skater in
50 years to achieve such a feat. During
the 1980s she was in full command of
her abilities on the ice as she clinched
four World Championships and earned
six successive European titles. Mixing
glamour with athleticism, her graceful
moves captivated audiences.
He then proceeded to become the first
Alpine skier to defend his Olympic title
as he raced to victory in the 1992 Giant
Slalom in Albertville and was placed
second in the Slalom. Not content with
this performance, he then added to
his tally by taking a silver medal in the
Slalom at the 1994 Winter Games as he
once more set a record, becoming the
only skier to reach the podium in three
different Winter Olympics.
A batsman who mixed mental courage
with natural ability, it was Waugh’s
contribution as a captain that has seen
him become a legend of the game. In
his time as captain, Waugh fashioned
Australia into arguably the greatest
cricket team of all time.
Although she could not compete at the
1992 Games because she had turned
professional, Witt was allowed to return
and compete in her third Olympic
Games in Lillehammer in 1994, where
she skated a piece that paid tribute to
the then war-ravaged city of Sarajevo.
GLOBAL
SOUTH AFRICA
Laureus Sport for Good
Foundation
Foundation Trust South Africa
foundation@laureus.com
PRUDENCE FESTER
pfester@ssisa.com
www.laureus.co.za
ARGENTINA
SPAIN
Fundación Laureus Argentina
Fundación Laureus España
ANA LIA SANTARELLI
analia.santarelli@laureus.org.ar
www.laureus.org.ar
PAULA GARCIA VILLORA
paula.garcia@laureus.es
www.laureus.es
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
Foundation Germany
Laureus Foundation
Switzerland
SIMONE MOLL
simone.moll@laureus.de
www.laureus.de
EVELYN FANKHAUSER
evelyn.fankhauser@laureus.ch
www.laureus.ch
ITALY
USA
Fondazione Laureus Italia Onlus
Foundation USA
SILVANA DE GIOVANNI
silvana.degiovanni@fondazionelaureus.it
www.laureus.it
MATTHEW GESCHKE
matthew.geschke@laureus.com
www.laureususa.com
THE NETHERLANDS
Laureus Foundation
The Netherlands
WENDY NAGEL
wendy.nagel@laureus.nl
www.laureus.nl
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LAUREUS AMBASSADORS
Laureus Ambassadors are people from sport,
business and the media, who have made a
significant contribution to sport in their own
community. Below is a selection of Ambassadors
who support the work of Laureus around the world.
AMBASSADORS
Paul Accola Alpine Skiing
Kurt Aeschbacher TV Personality
Cecil Afrika Rugby
Franziska van Almsick Swimming
Natascha Badmann Triathlete
Mansour Bahrami Tennis
Robert Baker Golf
Baschi Pop Singer
Layne Beachley Surfing
Kenny Beleay Trail Biker
Verena Bentele Visually impaired Skiing
Serge Betsen Rugby
Miki Biasion Motor Racing
Denise Bielmann Figure skating
Ole Bischof Judo
Stefan Blöcher Hockey
Fredi Bobic Football
Annabelle Bond Mountaineer
Marco Bortolami Rugby
Vicente del Bosque Football
Martin Braxenthaler Paralympic Skiing
Schalk Brits Rugby
Schalk Burger Rugby
Adolfo Cambiaso Polo
Fabian Cancellara Cycling
Jesús Carballo Gymnastics
Jackie Chan Movie/Kung Fu
Stéphane Chapuisat Football
Almudena Cid Gymnastics
Alex Corretja Tennis
David Coulthard Formula 1
Lawrence Dallaglio Rugby
Lin Dan Badminton
Deco Football
Deshun Deysel Climbing
Andrea Dovizioso Motorcycling
Ernst Van Dyk Wheelchair racing
Desiree Ellis Football
Alessandro Fabian Triathlete
Luis Figo Football
Alejandra Garcia Flood Pole Vault
Frank Fredericks Athletics
Jan Frodeno Triathlete
Martin Fuchs Equestrian
Carlos Lima Fuente Athlete
Danilo Gallinari Basketball
Yvonne van Gennip Speed Skating
Felix Gottwald Skiing
Ruud Gullit Football
Lara Gut Alpine Skiing
Bryan Habana Rugby
Eduardo Heguy Polo
Tim Henman Tennis
Kelly Holmes Athletics
Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming
Edith Hunkeler Wheelchair racing
Maria Höfl-Riesch Skiing
Colin Jackson Athletics
Butch James Rugby
Ariella Kaeslin Athletics
Elvira Khasyanova Synchronised Swimming
Taig Khris Inline skating
Christa Kinshofer Skiing
Conny Kissling Free skiing
Vitali Klitschko Boxing
Wladimir Klitschko Boxing
Daria Korobova Synchronised Swimming
Janica Kostelic Skiing
Nia Künzer Women’s Football
Dr. Thomas Ladner Business Personality
Christoph Langen Bobsleigh
Henri Leconte Tennis
Jens Lehmann Football
Kathrin Lehmann Ice Hockey/Football
Lennox Lewis Boxing
Tegla Loroupe Long distance running
Michael Lynagh Rugby
Fabrizio Macchi Para Cycling
Filippo Magnini Swimming
Hermann Maier Skiing
Matteo Manassero Golf
Maurizio Margaglio Ice skating
Ferran Martínez Basketball
Juan Mata Football
Baby Jake Matlala Boxing
AP McCoy Horse Racing
Barry McGuigan Boxing
Sarah Meier Figure Skating
Elana Meyer Long distance running
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Show jumping
Roger Milla Football
Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda
Rugby
Nicolás Fernández Miranda Rugby
Thomas Muster Tennis
Umberto Pellizzari Free diving
Manuela Pesko Snowboarding
Santiago Phelan Rugby
Bertrand Piccard Adventurer
Barbara Fusar Poli Ice Skating
Shaun Pollock Cricket
Birgit Prinz Football
Lucas Radebe Football
John Robbie Rugby
Todd Rogers Volleyball
Maria Cecilia Rognoni Hockey
Antonio Rossi Canoeing
Nico Rosberg Formula 1
David de Rothschild Eco Adventurer
Rainer Maria Salzgeber
TV Personality (Sports)
Ryan Sandes Ultra Trail Runner
Edwin van der Sar Football
Christoph Sauser Mountain Biking
Axel Schulz Boxing
Ralf Schumacher Motor racing
Nino Schurter Mountain Biking
Pius Schwizer Equestrian
Jochen Schümann Sailing
Marcel Siem Golf
Gian Simmen Snowboarding
Emma Snowsill Triathlete
Albert Soler Former Secretary of Sports
Felix Sturm Boxing
Alain Sutter Football
Juan Ignacio Sánchez Basketball
Michael Teuber Paralympic Cycling
Anzhelika Timanina
Synchronised Swimming
Natalie du Toit Swimming
Alessandro Troncon Rugby
Cynthia Tshaka TV presenter
Amaya Valdemoro Basketball
Michael Vaughan Cricket
Esther Vergeer Wheelchair Tennis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis
André Villas-Boas Football
Filippo Volandri Tennis
Courtney Walsh Cricket
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LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS WINNERS
LAUREUS
WORLD SPORTS
AWARDS WINNERS
AWARD
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
WORLD SPORTSMAN
OF THE YEAR
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Michael
Schumacher
Lance Armstrong Michael
(rescinded)
Schumacher
Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Usain Bolt
WORLD SPORTSWOMAN
OF THE YEAR
Marion Jones
(rescinded)
Cathy Freeman
Jennifer
Capriati
Serena Williams Annika
Sorenstam
Kelly Holmes
Janica Kostelic
Yelena
Isinbayeva
Justine Henin
Yelena
Isinbayeva
Serena Williams
Lindsey Vonn
Vivian Cheruiyot
Jessica Ennis
WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR
Manchester
United
French
Football Team
Australian
Cricket Team
Brazilian National English Rugby
Football Team
Union Team
Greek Football
Team
Renault F1 Team
Italian Football
Team
South African
Rugby Team
China Olympic
Team
Brawn GP
F1 Team
Spain Football
Team
FC Barcelona
European Ryder
Cup Team
WORLD BREAKTHROUGH
OF THE YEAR
Sergio Garcia
Marat Safin
Juan Pablo
Montoya
Yao Ming
Michelle Wie
Liu Xiang
Rafael Nadal
Amelie
Mauresmo
Lewis Hamilton
Rebecca
Adlington
Jenson Button
Martin Kaymer
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
WORLD COMEBACK
OF THE YEAR
Lance Armstrong Jennifer
(rescinded)
Capriati
Goran Ivanisevic Ronaldo
Hermann Maier
Alessandro
Zanardi
Martina Hingis
Serena Williams
Paula Radcliffe
Vitali Klitschko
Kim Clijsters
Valentino Rossi
Darren Clarke
Felix Sanchez
WORLD SPORTSPERSON OF
THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY
Louise Sauvage
Vinny Lauwers
Esther Vergeer
Michael Milton
Earle Conner
Chantal
Petitclerc
Ernst van Dyk
Martin
Braxenthaler
Esther Vergeer
Daniel Dias
Natalie du Toit
Verena Bentele
Oscar Pistorius
Daniel Dias
WORLD ACTION SPORTSPERSON
OF THE YEAR
Shaun Palmer
Mike Horn
Bob Burnquist
Dean Potter
Layne Beachley
Ellen MacArthur
Angelo d’Arrigo
Kelly Slater
Shaun White
Kelly Slater
Stephanie
Gilmore
Kelly Slater
Kelly Slater
Felix
Baumgartner
SPORT FOR GOOD AWARD
Eunice
Kip Keino
Kennedy Shriver
Peter Blake
-
India/Pakistan
Cricket Team
Gerry Storey
Jurgen
Griesbeck
Luke Dowdney
Brendan &
Sean Tuohey
-
Dikembe
Mutombo
May El-Khali
Raí Souza Vieira
de Oliveira
-
LAUREUS SPIRIT OF SPORT AWARD
-
-
-
-
-
Boston Red Sox
Valentino
Rossi
FC Barcelona
Dick Pound
-
-
European Ryder
Cup Team
-
-
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pelé
Steve Redgrave Peter Blake
Gary Player
Arne Naess
-
Johan Cruyff
Franz
Beckenbauer
Sergey Bubka
-
Nawal El
Moutawakel
Zinedine Zidane
Bobby Charlton
Sebastian Coe
LAUREUS ACADEMY EXCEPTIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Michael Phelps
-
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