The ceremony was held for the second consecutive year in Madrid. Djokovic, winner of the most coveted prize last year, awarded the jumper with the Swedish auction
World Duplantis, Simone Biles, Real Madrid, Lamine Yamal and Rebeca Andrade are the great winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards 2025, the Oscars of Sport, who were held for the second consecutive year in Madrid, at the historian Palacio de Cibeles. At the fourth nomination, world Duplantis, the largest jumper with all time auction, managed to conquer the Laureus Award in the “sportsman of the year” category. Limited to athletics alone alone, Duplantis is the second sportsman to win an Laureus in the most coveted category: before him he had succeeded only Usain Bolt, who enrolled his name in the Golden Register four times.
Swedish flying
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The Swedish champion received the prize from the hands of Novak Djokovic, winner last year. “I am incredibly honored to have won my first Laureus Award – said World Duplantis – because this is one of the most important prizes that we athletes want to win. I know well because this year I was at my fourth nomination and this shows that it is more difficult to win a Laureus than a gold medal of Olympic. Greatness of the caliber of Djokovic, Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal and Lionel Messi. And my results have been recognized by them is something very special. Laureus Sport for Good’s work is priceless “.
Other prizes
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During the evening also Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade, friends, rivals and Olympic champions of artistic gymnastics, were awarded. Simone Biles was elected “sporting of the year”, while Rebeca Andrade won in the “return of the year” category. With this fourth statement as “Sportiva dell’Ania”, Simone Biles equals the record held by his compatriot Serena Williams. Both have also won a prize in the “return of the year” category. The two opposite factions of Spanish football won a prize each: Real Madrid won the title of “Team of the year”, while Lamine Yamal, star of Barcelona, won the “Revelation of the year” award. During the evening Rafael Nadal was also awarded, winner of 22 Grand Slam titles. Nadal received the “Laureus Sporting Icon” award for the end of a year in which he fell assets to competitive activity. During the award ceremony, a celebratory video of Nadal’s career was specially voiced by Morgan Freeman. With this recognition Nadal completes his personal “Laureus Slam”: Nadal is the only one to have won in the categories “Sports of the year”, “Return of the year”, “Revelation of the year” and “Laureus Sport for Good”. The “Laureus Sport for Good for Good” award went to the Kick4Life project, linked to football and with Lesoteho headquarters. In this special category the Tutto Made in Italy project “Liberi Nantes” was also in the running.
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