Laureus Sport for Good

Using the power of sport to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage. Proving that sport can change the world

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Our work aims to address six social focus areas, each linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Health Education Women Employability Inclusive Peaceful and Girls Society Society

Laureus World Sports Laureus Academy Ambassadors

The Laureus World Sports Academy Laureus Ambassadors are a select is a unique association of the group of current and retired sportsmen greatest living sporting legends. and women who have achieved All believe passionately in the power sporting greatness. They are joined by 66 of sport to make a difference to our high-profile non-sporting individuals. Academy world. The Academy volunteer their The Ambassadors volunteer their time Members 226 time to support the work of Laureus Ambassadors to support the work of Laureus Sport Sport for Good. worldwide for Good.

Laureus World Sports Awards The Laureus World Sports Awards celebrate the achievements of the greatest sportsmen and women each year and showcase and generate support for Laureus Sport for Good’s social programmes

Team 5 Comeback 4 6 Action A panel from the Sportsperson International Paralympic 7 with a Committee create a Breakthrough 3 shortlist, the Academy Disability vote for the winner

Best The public vote for Sporting the winner Sportsman 8 A Nominations Panel 2 Moment of leading sports journalists create a shortlist and the Academy vote for the The Academy vote winners Sportswoman 1 9 Sport for Good for the winner

Harnessing the power of sport to promote social

Watch ‘This is Laureus’ change and celebrate sporting excellence As of February 2019 Laureus World Sports Academy Members

Giacomo Agostini Mick Doohan Mika Hakkinen Yao Ming Mark Spitz Marcus Allen David Douillet Tony Hawk Edwin Moses Sachin Tendulkar Franz Beckenbauer Rahul Dravid Maria Höfl-Riesch Li Na Daley Thompson Boris Becker Morné du Plessis Mike Horn Robby Naish Alberto Tomba Ian Botham Nawal El Moutawakel Chris Hoy Martina Navratilova Francesco Totti Sergey Bubka Luis Figo Miguel Indurain Alexey Nemov Steve Waugh Cafu Emerson Fittipaldi Michael Johnson Jack Nicklaus Katarina Witt Fabian Cancellara Sean Fitzpatrick Kip Keino Brian O’Driscoll Li Xiaopeng Bobby Charlton Dawn Fraser Franz Klammer Gary Player Yang Yang Sebastian Coe Cathy Freeman Lennox Lewis Hugo Porta Deng Yaping Nadia Comaneci Ryan Giggs Tegla Loroupe Carles Puyol Alessandro Del Piero Raúl González Blanco Dan Marino Steve Redgrave Marcel Desailly Tanni Grey-Thompson Marvelous Marvin Vivian Richards Kapil Dev Ruud Gullit Hagler Monica Seles

Laureus Ambassadors

Kurt Aeschbacher David de Rothschild Garrett McNamara Pius Schwizer Cecil Afrika Jean de Villiers Benjamin Huggel Zanele Mdodana Andrii Shevchenko Ben Ainslie Deco Edith Hunkeler Sarah Meier Marcel Siem Josef Ajram Vicente del Bosque Juan Ignacio Sánchez Elana Meyer Gian Simmen Natascha Badmann Deshun Deysel Colin Jackson Meredith Yuvraj Singh Mansour Bahrami Lucas Di Grassi Butch James Michaels-Beerbaum Graeme Smith Robert Baker Michael Jamieson Roger Milla Emma Snowsill Andy Barrow Valentina Diouf Marc Janko Aldo Montano Albert Soler Baschi Andrea Dovizioso Mike Jankowski Thomas Morgenstern Nicola Spirig Sebastian Battaglia Shinji Kagawa Alonzo Mourning Vichai Layne Beachley Julia Dujmovits Jacques Kallis Ryk Neethling Srivaddhanaprabha Kenny Belaey Desiree Ellis Ariella Käslin Malina Ngai Man Lin Sebastian Steudtner Diego Benaglio Manel Estiarte Elvira Khasyanova Dan Nicholl Ai Sugiyama Alessandro Fabian Taïg Khris Coco Nogales Alain Sutter Furio Benussi Allyson Felix Christa Kinshofer Olumide Oyedeji Marc Sway Jamie Bestwick Juan Fernández Miranda Conny Kissling Mesut Özil Michael Teuber Serge Betsen Nicolás Fernández Daria Korobova Gary Paffett Lance Thomas Miki Biasion Miranda Janica Kostelić Adriano Panatta Anzhelika Timanina Denise Biellmann Rossella Fiamingo Philip Köster Pier Luigi Pardo Alessandro Troncon Ole Bischof Alex Fong Lik Sun Corne Krige Chris Paul Sherry Tsai Hiu Wai Stefan Blöcher Arianna Fontana Nia Künzer Umberto Pelizzari Cynthia Tshaka Fredi Bobic Quinton Fortune Henri Leconte Victoria Pendleton Kohei Uchimura Annabelle Bond William Fox-Pitt Lee Lai Shan Manuela Pesko Amaya Valdemoro Marco Bortolami Missy Franklin Daniel Lee Chi Wo Santiago Phelan Pieter van den Frankie Fredericks Ron Lee Chung Man Bertrand Piccard Hoogenband Schalk Brits Thomas Frischknecht Vivian Lee Ying Shih Gerard Piqué Edwin van der Sar Schalk Burger Jan Frodeno Jens Lehmann Riccardo Pittis Adolfo Cambiaso Martin Fuchs Kathrin Lehmann Shaun Pollock Yvonne van Gennip Flávio Canto Manuel Fumic Carlos Lima Fuentes Birgit Prinz Michael Vaughan Fabio Capello Moritz Fürste Dan Lin Lucas Radebe Anna Veith Jesús Carballo Barbara Fusar-Poli Jorge Lorenzo Simone Ragusi Davide Cassani Danilo Gallinari Grant Lottering Jamie Redknapp Giuseppe Vicino Andrea Cassarà Alejandra Garcia Flood Bob Lujano John Robbie André Villas-Boas Tamika Catchings Alex Giorgetti Michael Lynagh Todd Rogers Bruno Cerella Felix Gottwald Fabrizio Macchi Maria Cecilia Rognoni Filippo Volandri Jackie Chan Pep Guardiola Filippo Magnini Alice Ronchetti Ian Walker Amy Chan Lim Chee Lara Gut Matteo Manassero Nico Rosberg Courtney Walsh Stéphane Chapuisat Bryan Habana Maurizio Margaglio Antonio Rossi Danielle Waterman Almudena Cid Regina Halmich Marc Márquez Markus Salcher Wong Kam-po Kelly Clark Fabian Hambüchen Matias Martin Rainer Maria Salzgeber Kathi Wörndl Javier Conde Eduardo Heguy Ferran Martínez Félix Sánchez Spanish Basketball Àlex Corretja Ignacio Heguy Daniela Masseroni Ryan Sandes Team David Coulthard Max Heinzer Juan Mata Christoph Sauser Team MTN Qhubeka Lawrence Dallaglio Tim Henman Nick Matthew Angelica Savrayuk Nicol David Stuart Hogg AP McCoy Anna Schaffelhuber Teun de Nooijer Chamique Holdsclaw Barry McGuigan Axel Schulz Iván de Pineda Kelly Holmes Ian McKinley Nino Schurter