Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

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Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year
Awarded for"sportsperson or team who has overcome injury, illness, adversity, disappointment or failure and risen back to triumph in the sporting arena. The Award may also mark a historic fightback by an individual or a team in a sporting event or series of sports events." [1]
Location Seville (2021) [2]
Presented byLaureus Sport for Good Foundation
First awarded2000
Currently held by Flag of the United States.svg Simone Biles
Website Official website

The Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year is an annual award honouring the achievements of those individuals or teams who have made a comeback performance in the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent 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. [3] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. [4] As of 2021, a shortlist of six nominees for the award comes from a panel composed of the "world's leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters". [1] The Laureus World Sports Academy then selects the individual winner or winning team who is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in various locations around the world. [5] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of the "Oscars". [6] [7] [8]

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The inaugural winner of the award was American road cyclist Lance Armstrong. Having recovered from testicular cancer, which had spread to his brain, lungs and abdomen, [9] he returned to cycling in 1998 and won the 1999 Tour de France. [10] Following Armstrong's 2013 admission of doping, [11] all his Laureus awards and nominations were rescinded. [12] As of 2023, the award has been won by a different individual sportsperson every year (seven to women, seventeen to men), although elevens teams have been nominated – the England men's cricket team (2005), Miami Heat (2007), the Great Britain national rugby league team (2008), Crusaders (2012), Queensland Reds (2012), European Ryder Cup Team (2013), Germany Men's Olympic Eights Team (2013), Oracle Team USA (2014), FC Barcelona (2018), Chapecoense (2018) and Liverpool F.C. (2022). Tennis players dominate the winners list, with seven awards, while athletes, golfers and rugby union players have won twice. The 2024 winner of the award was the American artistic gymnast Simone Biles. [13]

List of winners and nominees

Key
*Indicates individual whose award or nomination was later rescinded
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year winners and nominees
YearImageWinnerNationalitySportNomineesRefs
2000 Lance Armstrong AdH01.jpg Lance Armstrong *Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cycling Andre Agassi (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis
Ludmila Engquist (Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE) – athletics 		[12] [14]
2001 Jennifer Capriati Wimbledon 2004.jpg Jennifer Capriati Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tennis Heike Drechsler (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – athletics
Janica Kostelić (Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO) – alpine skiing
Mario Lemieux (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – ice hockey
Dara Torres (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – swimming 		[15] [16]
2002 Goran Ivanisevic serve Wimbledon 2004 (cropped).jpg Goran Ivanišević Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Tennis John Daly (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Michael Jordan (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – basketball
Bernhard Langer (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – golf
Mario Lemieux (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – ice hockey 		[8] [17]
2003 Ronaldinho06Jun2005Abr-bis.jpg Ronaldo Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Football Janica Kostelić (Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO) – alpine skiing
Hermann Maier (Flag of Austria.svg  AUT) – alpine skiing
Pete Sampras (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis
Franziska van Almsick (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – swimming 		[18] [19]
2004 Hermann Maier 1.jpg Hermann Maier Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alpine skiing Fred Couples (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Inge de Bruijn (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – swimming
Peter Forsberg (Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE) – ice hockey
Martina Navratilova (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – tennis
Alex Zanardi (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – auto racing 		[20] [21]
2005 Alessandro Zanardi 2007 Curitiba.jpg Alex Zanardi Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Auto racing John Daly (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
England Men's Cricket Team (Flag of England.svg  ENG) – cricket
Tadahiro Nomura (Flag of Japan.svg  JPN) – judo
Paula Radcliffe (Flag of England.svg  ENG) – athletics
Shane Warne (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – cricket 		[22] [23]
2006 Martina Hingis061018.jpg Martina Hingis Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Tennis Kajsa Bergqvist (Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE) – athletics
Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL) – tennis
Antoine Dénériaz (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – alpine skiing
Jonah Lomu (Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL) – rugby union
Colin Montgomerie (Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO) – golf 		[24] [25]
2007 Serena Williams Serve Wimbledon.JPG Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tennis Drew Brees (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – American football
Ben Curtis (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Roy Jones Jr. (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – boxing
Miami Heat (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – basketball
Zinedine Zidane (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – football 		[26] [27]
2008 Paula Radcliffe NYC Marathon 2008 cropped.jpg Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Athletics Christine Ohuruogu (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Great Britain national rugby league team (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – rugby league
Jana Rawlinson (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – athletics
Steve Stricker (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf
Jonny Wilkinson (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – rugby union 		[28] [29]
2009 Vitali Klitschko 2009 01 27.jpg Vitali Klitschko Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Boxing Anna Meares (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – cycling
Greg Norman (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – golf
Matthias Steiner (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – weightlifting
Maarten van der Weijden (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – swimming
Tiger Woods (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf 		[30] [31]
2010 Kim Clijsters 2010 (1).jpg Kim Clijsters Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Tennis Lance Armstrong* (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – cycling
Jessica Ennis (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Brett Favre (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – American football
Blanka Vlašić (Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO) – athletics
Tom Watson (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf 		[32] [33]
2011 Valentino Rossi 2010 Laguna Seca.jpg Valentino Rossi Flag of Italy.svg  ITA MotoGP Carolina Klüft (Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE) – athletics
Merlene Ottey (Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO) – athletics
Tyson Gay (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – athletics
Justine Henin (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL) – tennis
Paula Creamer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf 		[34] [35]
2012 KLM 2009 Round 1 Darren Clarke.JPG Darren Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Golf Crusaders (Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL) – rugby union
Eric Abidal (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – football
Queensland Reds (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – rugby union
Liu Xiang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN) – athletics
Sergio García (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – golf 		[36] [37]
2013 Felix Sanchez 2013.JPG Félix Sánchez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  DOM Athletics Anna Meares (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – cycling
Ernie Els (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – golf
Europe Ryder Cup Team (Flag of Europe.svg  Europe) – golf
Germany Men's Olympic Eights Team (Flag of Germany.svg  GER) – rowing
Tirunesh Dibaba (Flag of Ethiopia.svg  ETH) – athletics 		[38] [39]
2014 IBI14 Rafa Nadal.jpg Rafael Nadal Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Tennis Yelena Isinbayeva (Flag of Russia.svg  RUS) – athletics
Oracle Team USA (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – sailing
Tony Parker (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – basketball
Ronaldinho (Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA) – football
Tiger Woods (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf 		[40] [41]
2015 Schalk Burger.jpg Schalk Burger Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Rugby union Francesco Acerbi (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – football
Diego Milito (Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG) – football
Jo Pavey (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Pierre Vaultier (Flag of France.svg  FRA) – snowboarding
Oliver Wilson (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – golf 		[42] [43]
2016 Dan Carter 1024x768.jpg Dan Carter Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Rugby union Jessica Ennis-Hill (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Mick Fanning (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – surfing
Michael Phelps (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – swimming
David Rudisha (Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN) – athletics
Lindsey Vonn (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – alpine skiing 		[44] [45]
2017 Michael Phelps (1).jpg Michael Phelps Flag of the United States.svg  USA Swimming Ruth Beitia (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – athletics
Juan Martín del Potro (Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG) – tennis
Fabienne St Louis (Flag of Mauritius.svg  MUS) – triathlon
Nick Skelton (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – equestrian
Aksel Lund Svindal (Flag of Norway.svg  NOR) – alpine skiing 		[46] [47]
2018 Federer WM16 (37) (28136155830).jpg Roger Federer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Tennis FC Barcelona (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – football
Justin Gatlin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – athletics
Sally Pearson (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – athletics
Valentino Rossi (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – MotoGP
Chapecoense (Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA) – football 		[48] [49]
2019 Tiger Woods 2018.jpg Tiger Woods Flag of the United States.svg  USA Golf Vinesh Phogat (Flag of India.svg  IND) – freestyle wrestling
Yuzuru Hanyu (Flag of Japan.svg  JPN) – figure skating
Mark McMorris (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – snowboarding
Lindsey Vonn (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – alpine skiing
Bibian Mentel-Spee (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – para-snowboarding 		[50] [51]
2020 Let me introduce my simulator (Floersch on YouTube) 05 (cropped).jpg Sophia Flörsch Flag of Germany.svg  GER Auto racing Andy Murray (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – tennis
Christian Lealiifano (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS) – rugby union
Kawhi Leonard (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – basketball
Liverpool F.C. (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – football
Nathan Adrian (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – swimming 		[52] [53]
2021
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 Max Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Snowboarding Daniel Bard (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – baseball
Kento Momota (Flag of Japan.svg  JPN) – badminton
Alex Morgan (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – football
Mikaela Shiffrin (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – alpine skiing
Alex Smith (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – American football 		[54]
2022 Sky Brown at Youth Olympic Village.jpg Sky Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Skateboarding Simone Biles (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – gymnastics
Mark Cavendish (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – cycling
Tom Daley (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – diving
Marc Márquez (Flag of Spain.svg  ESP) – MotoGP
Annemiek van Vleuten (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – cycling 		[55] [56]
2023 20140904 - Christian Eriksen (cropped).jpg Christian Eriksen Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Football Annemiek van Vleuten (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NLD) – cycling
Francesco Bagnaia (Flag of Italy.svg  ITA) – MotoGP
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Flag of Norway.svg  NOR) – athletics
Klay Thompson (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – basketball
Tiger Woods (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – golf 		[57]
2024 Simone Biles na Rio 2016 cropped.jpg Simone Biles Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gymnastics Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR) – athletics
Siya Kolisi (Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA) – rugby sevens
Sébastien Haller (Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV) – association football
Jamal Murray (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN) – basketball
Marketa Vondrousova (Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE) – tennis 		[13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 2024 awards.

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