SPORT FOR GOOD
Nominees
All the Nominees from the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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Irek Zaripov
Russia’s Irek Zaripov won six medals at the 2011 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
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Esther Vergeer
Esther Vergeer is one of the greatest wheelchair tennis players of all time.
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Petra Kvitova
Petra Kvitova, at 21, beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets to win Wimbledon, her first ever Grand Slam.
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Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke’s victory in the Open Championship at the age of 42 was one of the most emotional sporting moments of the year.
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FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona, under coach Pep Guardiola, were winners of the Champions League and the Spanish League in the 2010/11 season.
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Usain Bolt
Bolt finished the season in style, winning the Diamond League 100 metres in Brussels in September in 9.76 secs, the fastest time of the year.
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Eric Abidal
In May, FC Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1 to win the Champions League.
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Vivian Cheruiyot
Vivian Cheruiyot established herself as one of the great distance runners of this generation in 2011 after winning the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres gold medals in the World Championships in Daegu.
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Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel won his second straight Formula One World Championship in 2011. Driving a Red Bull, he secured the title at the Japanese Grand Prix in October, four races before the end of the season.
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Maria Höfl-Riesch
Maria Höfl-Riesch won the overall Alpine World Cup skiing title for the first time in 2011.
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