Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year explained

Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year
Awarded For:"the sportsperson who best demonstrates supreme athletic performance and achievement in action sports."
Location:Seville (2021)[1]
Year:2000
Holder: Arisa Trew (2024)
Most Awards: Kelly Slater
(4 awards)

The Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year, known as the Alternative Sportsperson of the Year prior to 2007, is an annual award honouring the achievements of individual athletes from the world of action sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. 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.[2] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech.[3] Nominations for the award come from a specialist panel.[4] The Laureus World Sports Academy then selects the winner 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 "Oscars".[6] [7] [8]

The inaugural winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year, in 2000, was the American multi-sports athlete Shaun Palmer. It has been awarded posthumously on one occasion, in 2006 to the Italian hang glider Angelo d'Arrigo who was killed in an air crash in March of that year. Americans are the most successful with nine awards, while surfers have been recognised most often of any sport with six awards; American surfer Kelly Slater is the individual that has received the award to most times, with four wins. The award has been presented to five women during its history: the Australian surfers Layne Beachley (2004) and Stephanie Gilmore (2010), the British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur (2005), and the British mountain biker Rachel Atherton (2017), and twice to the American snowboarder Chloe Kim, who won the award in 2019 and 2020.[9]

List of winners and nominees

Key
scope=row style="text-align:center" Indicates posthumous award
+ Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year winners and nomineesscope=col Yearscope=col class=unsortable Imagescope=col Winner scope=col Nationalityscope=col Sportscope=col class=unsortable Nomineesscope=col class=unsortable Refs
2000 –scope=row United StatesMulti-sportalign=left Tony Hawk ( United States) – skateboarding
Travis Pastrana ( United States) – motorcycling		[10] [11]
2001 scope=row Explorationalign=left Layne Beachley ( Australia) – surfing
Tara Dakides ( United States) – snowboarding
Davo Karničar ( Slovenia) – climbing/extreme skiing
John Stamstad ( United States) – mountain biking
[12] [13]
2002 !scope=row BrazilSkateboardingalign=left Will Gadd ( Canada) – ice climbing/paragliding
Mat Hoffman ( United States) – BMX
Umberto Pelizzari ( Italy) – freediving
Elena Repko ( Ukraine) – climbing
[14] [15]
2003 scope=row United StatesClimbingalign=left Anne-Caroline Chausson ( France) – mountain biking/BMX
Kelly Clark ( United States) – snowboarding
Pierre-Luc Gagnon ( Canada) – skateboarding
Martin Strel ( Slovenia) – long-distance swimming
[16] [17]
2004 scope=row AustraliaSurfingalign=left Gretchen Bleiler ( United States) – snowboarding
Anne-Caroline Chausson ( France) – mountain biking/BMX
Laird Hamilton ( United States) – surfing
Ryan Sheckler ( United States) – skateboarding
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
[18] [19]
2005 scope=row United KingdomSailingalign=left Darren Berrecloth ( Canada) – BMX
Gunn-Rita Dahle ( Norway) – mountain biking
Dallas Friday ( United States) – wakeboarding
Mike Horn – exploration
Shane McConkey ( Canada) – freeskiing
[20] [21]
2006 scope=row ItalyHang glidingalign=left Chelsea Georgeson ( Australia) – surfing
Tanner Hall ( United States) – freeskiing
Kelly Slater ( United States) – surfing
Jeremy Stenberg ( United States) – motocross
Danny Way ( United States) – skateboarding
[22] [23]
2007 scope=row United StatesSurfingalign=left Aaron Hadlow ( United Kingdom) – kiteboarding
Travis Pastrana ( United States) – rallying/motorcycling
Kevin Pritchard ( United States) – windsurfing
Gisela Pulido ( Spain) – kiteboarding
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
[24] [25]
2008 scope=row United StatesMulti-sportalign=left Daniel Dhers ( Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of) – BMX
Mick Fanning ( Australia) – surfing
Stephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Aaron Hadlow ( United Kingdom) – kiteboarding
Ryan Sheckler ( United States) – skateboarding
[26] [27]
2009 scope=row United StatesSurfingalign=left Julien Absalon ( France) – mountain biking
Stephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Aaron Hadlow ( United Kingdom) – kiteboarding
Tanner Hall ( United States) – freeskiing
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
[28]
2010 scope=row AustraliaSurfingalign=left Antoine Albeau ( France) – windsurfing
Chris Cole ( United States) – skateboarding
Mick Fanning ( Australia) – surfing
Greg Long ( United States) – surfing
Danny MacAskill ( United Kingdom) – mountain bike trials
[29] [30]
2011 scope=row United StatesSurfingalign=left Jamie Bestwick ( United Kingdom) – BMX
Stephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Levi Sherwood ( New Zealand) – motocross
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
Victor Fernandez ( Spain) – windsurfing
[31] [32]
2012 scope=row United StatesSurfingalign=left Jamie Bestwick ( United Kingdom) – BMX
Philip Köster – windsurfing
Carissa Moore ( United States) – surfing
Travis Rice ( United States) – snowboarding
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
[33]
2013 scope=row AustriaAdventurealign=left Jamie Bestwick ( United Kingdom) – BMX
Julie Bresset ( France) – mountain biking
Stephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Philip Köster – windsurfing
Joel Parkinson ( Australia) – surfing
[34] [35]
2014 –scope=row United KingdomBMXalign=left Bob Burnquist ( Brazil) – skateboarding
Mick Fanning ( Australia) – surfing
John John Florence ( United States) – surfing
Maya Gabeira ( Brazil) – surfing
Shaun White ( United States) – snowboarding
[36] [37]
2015 scope=row United StatesSkydivingalign=left Stephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Nyjah Huston ( United States) – skateboarding
Sage Kotsenburg ( United States) – snowboarding
Danny MacAskill ( United Kingdom) – mountain bike trials
Gabriel Medina ( Brazil) – surfing
[38] [39]
2016 scope=row Ironman triathlonalign=left Rachel Atherton ( United Kingdom) – mountain biking
Bob Burnquist ( Brazil) – skateboarding
Adriano De Souza ( Brazil) – surfing
Mick Fanning ( Australia) – surfing
Chloe Kim ( United States) – snowboarding
[40] [41]
2017 scope=row United KingdomMountain bikingalign=left Pedro Barros ( Brazil) – skateboarding
John John Florence ( United States) – surfing
Chloe Kim ( United States) – snowboarding
Kelly Sildaru ( Estonia) – freestyle skiing
Tyler Wright ( Australia) – surfing
[42] [43]
2018scope=row FranceSailingalign=left John John Florence ( United States) – surfing
Anna Gasser ( Austria) – snowboarding
Nyjah Huston ( United States) – skateboarding
Mark McMorris ( Canada) – snowboarding
Tyler Wright ( Australia) – surfing		[44] [45]
2019scope=row United StatesSnowboardingStephanie Gilmore ( Australia) – surfing
Gabriel Medina ( Brazil) – surfing
Maya Gabeira ( Brazil) – surfing
Shaun White ( United States) – multi-sport
Anna Gasser ( Austria) – snowboarding		[46] [47]
2020scope=row United StatesSnowboardingCarissa Moore ( United States) – surfing
Italo Ferreira ( Brazil) – surfing
Mark McMorris ( Canada) – snowboarding
Nyjah Huston ( United States) – skateboarding
Rayssa Leal ( Brazil) – skateboarding		[48]
2021Not awarded
2022–scope=row United KingdomCyclist[49]
2023scope=row ChinaSkiing[50]
2024scope=row AustraliaSkateboarding[51]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 2024 awards.

Winners by nationality
scope=col Countryscope=col data-sort-type=number Winnersscope=col data-sort-type=number Nominations
scope=row United States1039
scope=row United Kingdom49
scope=row Australia310
scope=row Brazil110
scope=row France13
scope=row Austria12
scope=row Italy11
scope=row 11
scope=row 10
scope=row China10
scope=row Canada06
scope=row Slovenia02
scope=row Spain02
scope=row Estonia01
scope=row Norway01
scope=row New Zealand01
scope=row Ukraine01
scope=row Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of01

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