Laureus Sports Awards nominees
Updated: 2015-04-10 17:16
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SHANGHAI - Following are the nominees for Laureus sports awards to be announced on Feb 14:
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 (Britain) 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 (Britain) Golf - No 1 golfer in the world, won The Open and USPGA Major Championships
Marc Marquez (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 (New Zealand) Athletics - undefeated in shot put for four years; was IAAF Women's Athlete of Year
Marit Bjorgen (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 (United States) 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 16 1/2-11 1/2, 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 (United States) 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 Cilic (Croatia) Tennis - won first ever Grand Slam at the US Open, beating Kei Nishikori in final
Mario Gotze (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 (United States) 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 (Britain) Athletics - won European Championships 10,000 meters gold ten months after giving birthp Pierre Vaultier (France) Snowboarding - won Winter Olympics gold just two months after ligament damage
Oliver Wilson (Britain) 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 (United States) 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 (Britain) Cycling - won four world titles in her first year back after giving birth to her daughter
Yuk Wing Leung (Hong Kong of China) Boccia - four golds at World Championships, Asian Para Games
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award
Alan Eustace (United States) 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 (United States) Skateboarding - won X-Games Street gold medal with highest ever score of 95.00
Sage Kotsenburg (United States) Snowboarding - won inaugural Slopestyle men's gold medal at the Winter Olympics
Danny MacAskill (Britain) 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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