Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan was on Tuesday shortlisted as one of the nominees for a category in the 2023 Laureus World Sports Award.
The 25-year-old was shortlisted alongside five others in the Breakthrough of the Year category.
Shortlists for seven categories (Sportswoman, Sportsman, Team, Breakthrough, Comeback, Action and Sport for Good) are created by votes from more than 1,000 sports media from over 70 countries. The shortlist for World Athlete of the Year with a Disability is provided by the International Paralympic Committee.
The Laureus World Sports Academy (a unique group of sporting legends) votes for the winners in each shortlisted category and The Academy also has the ability to grant discretionary awards, such as the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award.
Amusan took the world by storm in 2022, breaking the World Record with a time of 12.12s in the semi-final of the women’s 100m hurdles on her way to claiming the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA, becoming the first Nigerian World record holder and World champion.
She also retained her titles at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom and the Diamond League final
See full list of the nominees below:
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Steph Curry (USA)
Mondo Duplantis (Sweden)
Kylian Mbappé (France)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)
Katie Ledecky (USA)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Alexia Putellas (Spain)
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
Iga Świątek (Poland)
LAUREUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Argentina Men’s Football Team
England Women’s Football Team
France Men’s Rugby Team
Golden State Warriors (USA)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Oracle Red Bull Racing (Austria)
LAUREUS WORLD BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR AWARD
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Tobi Amusan (Nigeria)
Nathan Chen (USA)
Morocco Men’s Football Team
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
LAUREUS SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY AWARD
Diede de Groot (Netherlands)
Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland)
Declan Farmer (USA)
Cameron Leslie (New Zealand)
Oksana Masters (USA)
Jesper Saltvik Pedersen (Norway)
LAUREUS WORLD ACTION SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Justine Dupont (France)
Stephanie Gilmore (Australia)
Eileen Gu (China)
Chloe Kim (USA)
Rayssa Leal (Brazil)
Filipe Toledo (Brazil)
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD AWARD
Programmes shortlisted by a specialist selection panel; Laureus Academy select the Award recipient
Boxgirls (Kenya)
High Five (Germany)
Made For More (South Africa)
Slum Soccer (India)
TeamUp (Global)
