Laureus Awards 2024: Messi, Djokovic, Biles, Shiffrin lead nominations for 2024 World Sports Awards
Discover the full list of nominees for the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards which were announced on Monday (26 February). Winners will be crowned on 22 April.
4 minBy ZK Goh
The likes of Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Simone Biles, and Mikaela Shiffrin will all be up for awards at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid, Spain, in April.
They are among the many Olympic champions, medallists, and superstars announced as nominees in eight different awards categories on Monday (26 February).
In the seven main award categories, the nominees were selected by over 1,300 members of Laureus' global media panel, while the International Paralympic Committee also voted on the final nominees for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.
Messi, the 2023 winner of World Sportsman of the Year, is again on the shortlist for that award, joined by Djokovic for his three tennis Grand Slam titles in 2023. Pole vault world record holder Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis and World Athletics Championships triple gold medallist Noah Lyles also make the cut.
Shiffrin, who broke the Alpine Skiing World Cup record for race victories in 2023, is joined on the World Sportswoman of the Year shortlist by three track athletes – Shericka Jackson, Faith Kipyegon, and Sha'Carri Richardson, as well as football World Cup winner Aitana Bonmatí and French Open tennis champion Iga Swiatek.
Biles leads the nominations in the World Comeback of the Year category for her four World Championships gold medals after a two-year absence from artistic gymnastics.
Other Olympians nominated include Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang and British runner Josh Kerr, both in the World Breakthrough of the Year category, while the World Action Sportsperson of the Year category is dominated by Olympic stars including Rayssa Leal and Bethany Shriever.
Full list of nominees for 2024 Laureus Awards
- Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2024 nominees: Novak Djokovic (Serbia, tennis); Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, athletics); Erling Haaland (Norway, football); Noah Lyles (USA, athletics); Lionel Messi (Argentina, football); Max Verstappen (Netherlands, motor racing)
- Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year 2024 nominees: Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, football); Shericka Jackson (Jamaica, athletics); Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics); Sha'Carri Richardson (USA, athletics); Mikaela Shiffrin (USA, Alpine skiing); Iga Swiatek (Poland, tennis)
- Laureus World Team of the Year 2024 nominees: Europe Ryder Cup team (golf); Germany men's basketball team; Manchester City FC (Great Britain, football); Red Bull Racing formula one team (Austria); South Africa Springboks (rugby union); Spain women's football team
- Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year 2024 nominees: Jude Bellingham (Great Britain, football); Linda Caicedo (Colombia, football); Coco Gauff (USA, tennis); Qin Haiyang (People's Republic of China, swimming); Josh Kerr (Great Britain, athletics); Salma Paralluelo (Spain, football)
- Laureus World Comeback of the Year 2024 nominees: Simone Biles (USA, artistic gymnastics); Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire, football); Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain, athletics); Siya Kolisi (South Africa, rugby union); Jamal Murray (Canada, basketball); Marketa Vondrousova (Czechia, tennis)
- Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability 2024 nominees: Simone Barlaam (Italy, para-swimming); Danylo Chufarov (Ukraine, para-swimming); Diede de Groot (Netherlands, wheelchair tennis); Luca Ekler (Hungary, para-athletics); Nicole Murray (New Zealand, para-cycling); Markus Rehm (Germany, para-athletics)
- Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year 2024 nominees: Rayssa Leal (Brazil, skateboarding); Caroline Marks (USA, surfing); Kirsten Neuschäfer (South Africa, sailing); Bethany Shriever (Great Britain, BMX racing); Filipe Toledo (Brazil, surfing); Arisa Trew (Australia, skateboarding)
- Laureus Sport for Good Award 2024 nominees: Bola Pra Frente (Brazil), Dancing Grounds (USA), Fundación Rafa Nadal (Spain); ISF Cambodia; Justice Desk Africa (South Africa); Obiettivo Napoli (Italy)
