Spain’s World Cup successful midfielder Aitana Bonmati was named the Sportswoman of the Yr, whereas Serbia’s Novak Djokovic captured the highest males’s honour on the Laureus awards ceremony on Monday.
Bonmati, who has cemented her place on the prime of ladies’s soccer by successful FIFA’s The Greatest, Ballon d’Or and World Cup MVP amongst different accomplishments, made her means on to the stage for a second time on Monday because the Spanish girls’s soccer crew had been named Crew of the Yr, the primary feminine squad to win the award.
Seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady handed Djokovic his fifth Laureus award after the highest ranked tennis participant loved a exceptional 2023. The Serb equalled Margaret Courtroom’s all time report haul of 24 Grand Slam titles after successful U.S. Open final September.
Djokovic contested all 4 main finals in 2023, additionally successful the Australian and French Opens. He was the runner-up at Wimbledon.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who has taken La Liga by storm in his first season with Actual Madrid, was named the Breakthrough Participant of the Yr, the primary footballer to win this award.
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Gymnast Simone Biles gained Comeback of the Yr award after successful 4 gold medals finally yr’s world championships, her first worldwide occasion since competing on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Biles headed to the Tokyo Video games eyeing a report haul of six gold medals however returned residence with only a silver and a bronze after struggling a disaster of confidence that noticed the American drop out of a number of occasions because of “the twisties”, a sort of psychological block the place gymnasts are disoriented.
Biles, who’s essentially the most embellished gymnast with 37 world and Olympic medals, then took a two-year break from the game to guard her psychological well being earlier than making her triumphant comeback final yr.
The Laureus World Sports activities Awards nominees are chosen by the worldwide media, whereas the winners are decided by the 69 members of the Laureus World Sports activities Academy. The awards have been introduced yearly since 2000.
Record of winners:
World Sportswoman of the Yr: Aitana Bonmati
World Sportsman of the Yr: Novak Djokovic
World Crew of the Yr: Spain Ladies’s Soccer Crew
World Breakthrough of the Yr: Jude Bellingham
World Comeback of the Yr: Simone Biles
World Sportsperson of the Yr with a Incapacity: Diede de Groot
World Motion Sportsperson of the Yr: Arisa Trew
Laureus Sport for Good: Rafa Nadal Basis