Key Facts Ambassadors
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KEY FACTS - LAUREUS AMBASSADORS • Laureus Ambassadors are a select group of current and retired sportsmen and sportswomen who have achieved sporting greatness, and high profile individuals who, through their life and career, have achieved great things and have become an inspiration, plus non-sporting personalities who are passionate about sport. • New members of the Laureus Ambassadors can only be admitted at the discretion of the Laureus World Sports Academy. • Laureus Ambassadors are encouraged to bring their participation, insight and experience to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation social action programmes and to play a vital part in their endorsement. • Currently there are 106 members of the Laureus Ambassadors programme. • Laureus Ambassadors raise awareness and participate in various fundraising and awareness activities. • The Ambassadors programme has been established by Laureus to act as goodwill ambassadors and further support the benevolent work and initiatives undertaken by the Laureus World Sports Academy members and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. • Laureus Ambassadors share a belief in the power of sport to break down barriers, bring people together and to improve the lives of young people around the world. • The Laureus Ambassadors programme, unlike the Laureus World Sports Academy, is open to both active as well as retired sporting individuals. • For more details visit www.laureus.com/academy/ambassadors LAUREUS GLOBAL AMBASSADORS Paul Accola Alpine Skiing Switzerland Kurt Aeschbacher TV Personality Switzerland Franziska van Almsick Swimming Germany Natascha Badmann Triathlon Switzerland Mansour Bahrami Tennis Iran Robert Baker Golf United States Baschi Rock Singer Switzerland Layne Beachley Surfing Australia Verena Bentele Paralympic Skiing Germany Marco Bortolami Rugby Italy Serge Betsen Rugby France Miki Biasion Motor Racing Italy Denise Biellmann Figure Skating Switzerland Ole Bishchof Judo Germany Stefan Blöcher Hockey Germany Annabelle Bond Mountaineering United Kingdom Martin Braxenthaler Paralympic Skiing Germany Adolfo Cambiaso Polo Argentina Fabian Cancellara Cycling Switzerland Jackie Chan Film Star Hong Kong Sabine Christiansen TV Broadcasting Germany David Coulthard Motor Racing United Kingdom Lawrence Dallaglio Rugby United Kingdom Deshun Deysel Mountaineering South Africa Deco Football Portugal Ernst Van Dyk Wheelchair Racing South Africa Desiree Ellis Football South Africa Alejandra Garcia Flood Pole Vault Argentina Frankie Fredericks Athletics Nambia Jan Frodeno Triathlon Germany Carlos Lima Fuentes Athletics Switzerland Danilo Gallinari Basketball Italy Yvonne van Gennip Speed Skating Netherlands Ruud Gulitt Football Netherlands Lara Gut Alpine Skiing Switzerland Bryan Habana Rugby South Africa Eduardo Heguy Polo Argentina Kelly Holmes Athletics United Kingdom Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Netherlands Edith Hunkeler Wheelchair Racing Switzerland Colin Jackson Athletics United Kingdom Butch James Rugby South Africa Ariella Käslin Athletics Switzerland Taig Khris Inline Skating France Christa Kinshofer Alpine Skiing Germany Conny Kissling Freestyle Skiing Switzerland Vitali Klitschko Boxing Germany Wladimir Klitschko Boxing Germany Janica Kostelic Alpine Skiing Croatia Nia Künzer Football Germany Dr. Thomas Ladner Business Switzerland Christoph Langen Bobsleigh Germany Henri Leconte Tennis France Kathrin Lehmann Ice Hockey Switzerland Tegla Loroupe Athletics Ethiopia Michael Lynagh Rugby Australia Fabrizio Macchi Cycling Italy Filippo Magnini Swimming Italy Hermann Maier Alpine Skiing Austria Matteo Manassero Golf Italy Maurizio Margaglio Figure Skating Italy Baby Jake Matlala Boxing South Africa AP McCoy Horse Racing United Kingdom Barry McGuigan Boxing United Kingdom Roger Milla Football Cameroon Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda Rugby Argentina Nicolás Fernández Miranda Rugby Argentina John Moeti Football South Africa Thomas Muster Tennis Austria Umberto Pellizzari Diving Italy Alexander Pereira Musician Switzerland Manuela Pesko Snowboarding Switzerland Santiago Phelan Rugby Argentina Bertrand Piccard Explorer Switzerland Oscar Pistorius Paralympic Athletics South Africa Barbara Fusar-Poli Figure Skating Italy Shaun Pollock Cricket South Africa Matías Prats TV Broadcasting Spain Birgit Prinz Football Germany Lucas Radebe Football South Africa John Robbie Rugby South Africa Todd Rogers Volleyball United States Maria Cecilia Rognoni Hockey Argentina Marc Rosset Tennis Switzerland Antonio Rossi Canoeing Italy David de Rothschild Eco Adventurer United Kingdom Rainer Maria Salzgeber TV Broadcasting Switzerland Edwin van der Sar Football Netherlands Axel Schulz Boxing Germany Ralf Schumacher Motor Racing Germany Jochen Schümann Sailing Germany Matthias Schweighöfer Acting Germany Nino Shurter Mountain Biking Switzerland Gian Simmen Snowboarding Switzerland Emma Snowsill Triathlon Australia Felix Sturm Boxing Germany Alain Sutter Football Switzerland Michael Teuber Paralympic Cycling Germany Natalie du Toit Paralympic Swimming South Africa Alessandro Troncon Rugby Italy Cynthia Tshaka TV Broadcasting South Africa Michael Vaughan Cricket United Kingdom Esther Vergeer Wheelchair Tennis Netherlands Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis Spain Filippo Volandri Tennis Italy Courtney Walsh Cricket Jamaica .