The Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award Nominees: Head to head
March 9, 2013
The Laureus World Sports Awards 2013 are just days away and this is your chance to say who you think deserves to be victorious on the night.
Of course, it’s not an easy task to pick the world’s best sportsperson when the Nominees don’t even play the same game. So, to make it as easy as possible, you will find all the hopefuls below listed with their greatest achievements and statistics from 2012.
Who gets your support in the tightly contested Laureus World Sportsman of the Year category:
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics
- Won 100 metres, 200 metres Olympic gold
- 4 x 100 metres Olympic gold
- Holds both 100 metres and 200 metres world records
- World record in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
Mo Farah (United Kingdom) Athletics
- Won Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres
- Successfully defended European Championship 5,000 metres title
- Voted European Athlete of the Year
Lionel Messi (Argentina) Football
- At the end of the 2011/12 season he had scored 73 goals and had 29 assists in all club competitions Leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League for the fourth straight year with 14 goals
- Began 2012/13 season with ten goals in the first seven games.
- FIFA Footballer of the Year Award in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Michael Phelps (United States) Swimming
- Won four gold and two silver medals to take his career total of medals won to 22
- Became the most decorated Olympian of all time with 18 gold, two silver and two bronze.
Bradley Wiggins (United Kingdom) Cycling
- Won Tour de France
- Won Olympic Time Trial gold medal
- Won the Paris to Nice
- Won Tour de Romandie
- Won Tour du Dauphiné
Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Sport
- Won his third straight Formula One World Championship
- Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have a better record of consecutive titles.
- The key to Vettel’s victory came from four straight Grand Prix wins in Singapore, Japan, Korea and India.
