Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award

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Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded forlifetime achievement in sport
LocationSeville (2021) [1]
Presented byLaureus Sport for Good Foundation
First awarded2000
Currently held by Billie Jean King (USA) [2]
Website Official website

The Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award is an award honouring the achievements of those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the inaugural awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. [3] The awards are presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global organisation involved in more than 150 charity projects supporting 500,000 young people. [4] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. [5] The recipient is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in various locations around the world. [6] Although the Laureus Awards ceremony is held annually, the Lifetime Achievement Award is not necessarily presented every time; it is one of a number of discretionary awards that can be given by the Laureus World Sports Academy. [3] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of "Oscars". [7] [8] [9]

The inaugural Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Brazilian footballer Pelé. Since then, thirteen further awards have been given to individuals, all men with the exception of Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel (2010). Footballers have received more awards than any other sports with five, and only Great Britain has multiple winners with three: Steve Redgrave (2001), Bobby Charlton (2012) and Sebastian Coe (2013). As of 2020, two individuals have been honoured posthumously. The New Zealand yachtsman Peter Blake was shot dead by pirates on the Amazon River in December 2001. [10] Arne Næss Jr., the Norwegian mountaineer, died in a climbing accident in South Africa four months before the 2004 ceremony. [11] No award was presented at the 2005, 2009, or 2017 Laureus Awards ceremonies; [12] American tennis player Billie Jean King won the award in the 2021 Laureus Awards ceremony in Seville. [2] The most recent recipient of the award is quarterback Tom Brady.

Recipients

Key
†Indicates posthumous award
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
YearImageWinnerNationalitySportRef.
2000 Panini pele photo only.jpg Pelé Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Football [13]
2001 Steve Redgrave 20110525 cropped.jpg Steve Redgrave Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Rowing [14]
2002
–
 Peter Blake †Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Yachting [15]
2003 All Black.jpg Gary Player Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Golf [16]
2004
–
 Arne Næss Jr. †Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Mountaineering [17]
2005No award [18]
2006 Johan Cruyff 1974c.jpg Johan Cruyff Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Football [19]
2007 14-01-10-tbh-013.jpg Franz Beckenbauer Flag of Germany.svg  GER Football [20]
2008 Sergey Bubka 2013.jpg Sergey Bubka Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Athletics [21]
2009No award [22]
2010 Nawal El Moutawakel (cropped).JPG Nawal El Moutawakel Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Athletics [23]
2011 Zinedine Zidane 2015 (cropped).jpg Zinedine Zidane Flag of France.svg  FRA Football [24]
2012 Bobby Charlton.jpg Bobby Charlton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Football [25]
2013 Lord Coe - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 cropped.jpg Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Athletics [26]
2014No award [27]
2015No award [28]
2016 Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg Niki Lauda Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Formula One [29]
2017No award [12]
2018 Edwin Moses 2008 (cropped).jpg Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  USA Athletics [30]
2019 Wenger saluant les spectateurs.jpg Arsène Wenger Flag of France.svg  FRA Football [31]
2020 DirkNowitzki.jpg Dirk Nowitzki Flag of Germany.svg  GER Basketball [32]
2021 BJK headshot 2011 5x7 300dpi.jpg Billie Jean King Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tennis [2]

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