Laureus Sport for Good Award

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Laureus Sport for Good Award
Awarded for"tremendous contribution to sport or to society through sport" [1]
LocationSeville (2021) [2]
Presented byLaureus Sport for Good Foundation
First awarded2000
Currently held byKickformore by Kickfair [3]
Website Official website

The Laureus Sport for Good Award is an award honouring the achievements of those who have demonstrated "tremendous contribution to sport or to society through sport". [1] It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the inaugural awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. [1] 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 Sport for Good 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. [1]

The inaugural winner of the Laureus Sport for Good Award in 2000 was American Eunice Kennedy Shriver. The summer camp which she started in her back yard in 1962 became the Special Olympics and she was described by CNN's Emanuella Grinberg as "an advocate for the disenfranchised and a trailblazer for the rights of the disabled". [7] The 2004 award was shared: Kenyan cricket organisation Mathare Youth Sports Association received it along with both the India and Pakistan national cricket teams. As of 2020, one individual has been honoured posthumously. Peter Blake, the New Zealand yachtsman, was shot dead by pirates on the Amazon River in December 2001. [8] Since its establishment, the award has not been awarded twice, in 2009 and 2013. It has been presented to organisations or individuals from Kenya and the United States on the most occasions, with three awards for each nation. The 2020 recipient of the Laureus Sport for Good Award was South Bronx United, "a project which used football to change the lives of young people and poor communities in New York." [9]

Recipients

Key
†Indicates posthumous award
Laureus Sport for Good Award recipients
YearImageWinnerNationalityNotesRef(s)
2000 Eunice-Kennedy.jpg Eunice Kennedy Shriver Flag of the United States.svg  USA Founder of Camp Shriver which became the Special Olympics [10]
2001 14-01-10-tbh-012-kipchoge-keino.jpg Kip Keino Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Former athlete, and two-time Olympic gold medallist who has conducted humanitarian work in Eldoret, Kenya [11]
2002– Peter Blake †Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Yachtsman who was killed on the Amazon River by pirates [12]
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger 1974.jpg Arnold Schwarzenegger Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Former body-builder closely involved with the Special Olympics – his former mother-in-law was founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver [13]
2004 Flickr - boellstiftung - Indisch-Pakistanische Friedenskonferenz 2010.jpg India and Pakistan men's cricket teams Flag of India.svg  IND
Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK 		After being on the brink of war, India and Pakistan relations improved through the game of cricket. [14] [15]
– Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Using cricket, the MYSA helps combat the widespread disease and drug abuse in Mathare area of Kenya. [14] [16]
2005– Gerry Storey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Boxing trainer who spent his lifetime's work running the Holy Family Gym throughout The Troubles [17]
2006–Jürgen GriesbeckFlag of Germany.svg  GER Founder of the "streetfootballworld" project which assists underprivileged children around the world [18]
2007–Luke DowdneyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Creator of "Fight for Peace" project in Rio de Janeiro [19]
2008–Brendan Tuohey and Sean TuoheyFlag of the United States.svg  USA Co-founders of Peace Players International project [20]
2009No award [21]
2010 Dikembe Mutombo at the Aspire4Sport Congress in Doha. crop.jpg Dikembe Mutombo Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Former NBA player, engaged in charitable work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [22]
2011 20101227 May El-Khalil cropped.jpg May El-Khalil Flag of Lebanon.svg  LBN Former athlete, founder of Beirut Marathon [23]
2012 Rai em 2009 cropped.jpg Raí Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Former Brazilian footballer, campaigner for social justice [24]
2013No award [25]
2014–Magic BusFlag of India.svg  IND Mentors and coaches underprivileged children in India [26] [27]
2015– Skateistan Flag of the Taliban.svg  AFG Cambodian youth organisation which uses skateboarding as a way of engaging children with education [28] [29]
2016–Moving the GoalpostsFlag of Kenya.svg  KEN Uses football to empower girls in Kilifi, Kenya, while educating them about sex tourism and AIDS/HIV [30] [31]
2017–Waves for ChangeFlag of South Africa.svg  RSA Surfing therapy for children from the townships of South Africa [32] [33]
2018–Active Communities NetworkFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Uses sport and cultural activity to promote "community cohesion and tackle youth crime" in London [34]
2019–YuwaFlag of India.svg  IND An "organisation which uses football to empower young girls in rural Jharkhand to overcome violence and child marriage" [9]
2020–South Bronx UnitedFlag of the United States.svg  USA A "project which used football to change the lives of young people and poor communities in New York." [35]
2021–Kickformore by Kickfair [3]

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