Rese note le nomination dei Laureus World Sports Award 2015. Presenti Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Marin Cilic, Li Na ed il team svizzero di Coppa Davis

La cerimonia dei Laureus World Sports Award, che premiano i migliori atleti e le migliori squadre per un totale di sette categorie, si terrà a Shanghai il 15 aprile. A rappresentare il mondo del tennis ci saranno il numero 1 del mondo Novak Djokovic, nomination per il premio di “Atleta maschile dell’anno”, già vinto nel 2012, la numero 1 del mondo Serena Williams, insieme a Li Na nomination per il premio “Atleta femminile dell’anno”, vinto nel 2003 e 2010 dall’americana ma mai dalla cinese, Marin Cilic, nomination per il premio di “Breakthrough”, ovvero l’atleta che ha compiuto i maggiori progressi nel corso dell’anno passato, ed il team svizzero di Coppa Davis, nomination sia nella categoria “Breakthrough” sia come team dell’anno. Roger Federer, già recordman con quattro Laureus vinti tra il 2005 ed il 2008, va per la sua quinta e sesta statuetta, ma deve guardarsi da Serena Williams, vincitrice del Laureus anche nel 2007 nella categoria “Comeback”, che potrebbe eguagliare il suo record salendo a quattro statuette vinte.

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tennis – won Wimbledon for second time; replaced Rafael Nadal as world No.1

Lewis Hamilton (UK) Motor Racing – won second Formula One World Championship, with 11 victories

Renaud Lavillenie (France) Athletics – broke Sergey Bubka’s 21-year-old pole vault world record

Rory McIlroy (UK) Golf – No.1 golfer in the world, won The Open and USPGA Major Championships

Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling – won his second straight World MotoGP title at the age of 21

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Football – winner of the Ballon d’Or/World Player of the Year award

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award

Valerie Adams (NZ) Athletics – undefeated in shot put for four years; was IAAF Women’s Athlete of Year

Marit Bjørgen (Norway) Nordic Skiing – in Sochi became most decorated female Winter Olympian

Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) Athletics – broke three world records in three different events in two weeks

Tina Maze (Slovenia) Alpine Skiing – won two gold medals in the Winter Olympics, Slovenia’s first ever

Li Na (China) Tennis – won second Grand Slam, reached world No.2 ranking, then had to retire

Serena Williams (US) Tennis – won 18th career Grand Slam, level with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova

Laureus World Team of the Year Award

European Ryder Cup Team (Golf) – beat US 16½-11½, for third straight win and sixth in the last seven

Germany Men’s Football Team – became first European team to win the FIFA World Cup in South America

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team (Germany) – won Constructors’ World Championship

Real Madrid Football Team (Spain) – won a record tenth Champions League/European Cup victory

San Antonio Spurs (US) Basketball – won NBA Championship for fifth time, beating Miami Heat 4-1

Switzerland Davis Cup Team (Tennis) – inspired by Roger Federer, won Davis Cup for the first time

Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award

Marin Cilić (Croatia) Tennis – won first ever Grand Slam at the US Open, beating Kei Nishikori in final

Mario Götze (Germany) Football – scored the winning goal for Germany in the FIFA World Cup Final

Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Motor Racing – won three Grand Prix for Red Bull in his rookie year

James Rodriguez (Colombia) Football – won Golden Boot in FIFA World Cup as leading scorer

Mikaela Shiffrin (US) Alpine Skiing – at 18 years 345 days became youngest Olympic Slalom champion

Switzerland Davis Cup Team (Tennis) – inspired by Roger Federer, won Davis Cup for the first time

Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award

Francesco Acerbi (Italy) Football – recovered from cancer to return to Serie A and the Italy football squad

Schalk Burger (S.Africa) Rugby – survived life-threatening bacterial meningitis to return to Springboks team

Diego Milito (Argentina) Football – returned to Racing who won the Argentine title for first time in 13 years

Jo Pavey (UK) Athletics – won European Championships 10,000 metres gold ten months after giving birth

Pierre Vaultier (France) Snowboarding – won Winter Olympics gold just two months after ligament damage

Oliver Wilson (UK) Golf – 792nd in the world rankings, he won his first event after 228 European Tour starts

Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award

Shelley Gautier (Canada) Cycling – has won all tricycle T1 UCI para-cycling world titles over past five years

Tatyana McFadden (US) Wheelchair Racing – won Boston, Chicago, London and New York marathons

Roman Petushkov (Russia) Nordic Skiing – first athlete to win six gold medals at a Paralympic Winter Games

Anna Schaffelhuber (Germany) Alpine Skiing – won all five Alpine gold medals at a Paralympic Winter Games

Sarah Storey (UK) Cycling – won four world titles in her first year back after giving birth to her daughter

Yuk Wing Leung (Hong Kong SAR China) Boccia – four golds at World Championships, Asian Para Games

Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award

Alan Eustace (US) Skydiving – jumped 135,889ft to break Felix Baumgartner’s 2012 free fall world record

Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) Surfing – won her sixth World Surfing Championship

Nyjah Huston (US) Skateboarding – won X-Games Street gold medal with highest ever score of 95.00

Sage Kotsenburg (US) Snowboarding – won inaugural Slopestyle men’s gold medal at the Winter Olympics

Danny MacAskill (UK) Trials Cycling – rode treacherous Cuillin Ridge on Scotland’s Isle of Skye

Gabriel Medina (Brazil) Surfing – at 20, won Brazil’s first ever World Surfing Championship

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