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Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year
Arisa Trew holding the Laureus trophy
Arisa Trew, 2024 winner
Awarded for"the sportsperson who best demonstrates supreme athletic performance and achievement in action sports."[1]
LocationSeville (2021)[2]
First awarded2000
Currently held byAustralia Arisa Trew (2024)[3]
Most awardsUnited States Kelly Slater
(4 awards)
WebsiteOfficial website

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.[1] 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.[4] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech.[5] Nominations for the award come from a specialist panel.[1] 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.[6] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of "Oscars".[7][8][9]

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.[10] 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.[3]

List of winners and nominees

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Key
† Indicates posthumous award
Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year winners and nominees
Year Image Winner Nationality Sport Nominees Refs
2000 – Shaun Palmer  USA Multi-sport Tony Hawk ( USA) – skateboarding
Travis Pastrana ( USA) – motorcycling 		[11][12]
2001 Mike Horn Mike Horn  RSA Exploration Layne Beachley ( AUS) – surfing
Tara Dakides ( USA) – snowboarding
Davo Karničar ( SVN) – climbing/extreme skiing
John Stamstad ( USA) – mountain biking
 [13][14]
2002 Bob Burnquist Bob Burnquist  BRA Skateboarding Will Gadd ( CAN) – ice climbing/paragliding
Mat Hoffman ( USA) – BMX
Umberto Pelizzari ( ITA) – freediving
Elena Repko ( UKR) – climbing
 [15][16]
2003 Dean Potter Dean Potter  USA Climbing Anne-Caroline Chausson ( FRA) – mountain biking/BMX
Kelly Clark ( USA) – snowboarding
Pierre-Luc Gagnon ( CAN) – skateboarding
Martin Strel ( SVN) – long-distance swimming
 [17][18]
2004 Layne Beachley Layne Beachley  AUS Surfing Gretchen Bleiler ( USA) – snowboarding
Anne-Caroline Chausson ( FRA) – mountain biking/BMX
Laird Hamilton ( USA) – surfing
Ryan Sheckler ( USA) – skateboarding
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
 [19][20]
2005 Ellen MacArthur Ellen MacArthur  GBR Sailing Darren Berrecloth ( CAN) – BMX
Gunn-Rita Dahle ( NOR) – mountain biking
Dallas Friday ( USA) – wakeboarding
Mike Horn ( RSA) – exploration
Shane McConkey ( CAN) – freeskiing
 [21][22]
2006 Angelo d'Arrigo†  ITA Hang gliding Chelsea Georgeson ( AUS) – surfing
Tanner Hall ( USA) – freeskiing
Kelly Slater ( USA) – surfing
Jeremy Stenberg ( USA) – motocross
Danny Way ( USA) – skateboarding
 [10][23]
2007 Kelly Slater Kelly Slater  USA Surfing Aaron Hadlow ( GBR) – kiteboarding
Travis Pastrana ( USA) – rallying/motorcycling
Kevin Pritchard ( USA) – windsurfing
Gisela Pulido ( ESP) – kiteboarding
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
 [24][25]
2008 Shaun White Shaun White  USA Multi-sport Daniel Dhers ( VEN) – BMX
Mick Fanning ( AUS) – surfing
Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Aaron Hadlow ( GBR) – kiteboarding
Ryan Sheckler ( USA) – skateboarding
 [26][27]
2009 Kelly Slater Kelly Slater  USA Surfing Julien Absalon ( FRA) – mountain biking
Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Aaron Hadlow ( GBR) – kiteboarding
Tanner Hall ( USA) – freeskiing
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
 [24][28]
2010 Stephanie Gilmore Stephanie Gilmore  AUS Surfing Antoine Albeau ( FRA) – windsurfing
Chris Cole ( USA) – skateboarding
Mick Fanning ( AUS) – surfing
Greg Long ( USA) – surfing
Danny MacAskill ( GBR) – mountain bike trials
 [29][30]
2011 Kelly Slater Kelly Slater  USA Surfing Jamie Bestwick ( GBR) – BMX
Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Levi Sherwood ( NZL) – motocross
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
Victor Fernandez ( ESP) – windsurfing
 [31][32]
2012 Kelly Slater Kelly Slater  USA Surfing Jamie Bestwick ( GBR) – BMX
Philip Köster ( GER) – windsurfing
Carissa Moore ( USA) – surfing
Travis Rice ( USA) – snowboarding
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
 [24][33]
2013 Felix Baumgartner Felix Baumgartner  AUT Adventure Jamie Bestwick ( GBR) – BMX
Julie Bresset ( FRA) – mountain biking
Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Philip Köster ( GER) – windsurfing
Joel Parkinson ( AUS) – surfing
 [34][35]
2014 – Jamie Bestwick  GBR BMX Bob Burnquist ( BRA) – skateboarding
Mick Fanning ( AUS) – surfing
John John Florence ( USA) – surfing
Maya Gabeira ( BRA) – surfing
Shaun White ( USA) – snowboarding
 [36][37]
2015 Alan Eustace Alan Eustace  USA Skydiving Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Nyjah Huston ( USA) – skateboarding
Sage Kotsenburg ( USA) – snowboarding
Danny MacAskill ( GBR) – mountain bike trials
Gabriel Medina ( BRA) – surfing
 [38][39]
2016 Jan Frodeno in 2015 Jan Frodeno  GER Ironman triathlon Rachel Atherton ( GBR) – mountain biking
Bob Burnquist ( BRA) – skateboarding
Adriano De Souza ( BRA) – surfing
Mick Fanning ( AUS) – surfing
Chloe Kim ( USA) – snowboarding
 [40][41]
2017 Rachel Atherton Rachel Atherton  GBR Mountain biking Pedro Barros ( BRA) – skateboarding
John John Florence ( USA) – surfing
Chloe Kim ( USA) – snowboarding
Kelly Sildaru ( EST) – freestyle skiing
Tyler Wright ( AUS) – surfing
 [42][43]
2018 Armel Le Cleac'h in 2016 Armel Le Cléac'h  FRA Sailing John John Florence ( USA) – surfing
Anna Gasser ( AUT) – snowboarding
Nyjah Huston ( USA) – skateboarding
Mark McMorris ( CAN) – snowboarding
Tyler Wright ( AUS) – surfing 		[44][45]
2019 Kim in 2017 Chloe Kim  USA Snowboarding Stephanie Gilmore ( AUS) – surfing
Gabriel Medina ( BRA) – surfing
Maya Gabeira ( BRA) – surfing
Shaun White ( USA) – multi-sport
Anna Gasser ( AUT) – snowboarding 		[46][47]
2020 Kim in 2017 Chloe Kim  USA Snowboarding Carissa Moore ( USA) – surfing
Italo Ferreira ( BRA) – surfing
Mark McMorris ( CAN) – snowboarding
Nyjah Huston ( USA) – skateboarding
Rayssa Leal ( BRA) – skateboarding 		[3][48]
2021 Not awarded
2022 – Beth Shriever  GBR Cyclist [49]
2023 Eileen Gu  CHN Skiing [50]
2024 Arisa Trew  AUS Skateboarding [51]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct as of 2024 awards.
Winners by nationality
Country Winners Nominations
 USA 10 39
 GBR 4 9
 AUS 3 10
 BRA 1 10
 FRA 1 3
 AUT 1 2
 ITA 1 1
 RSA 1 1
 GER 1 0
 CHN 1 0
 CAN 0 6
 SVN 0 2
 ESP 0 2
 EST 0 1
 NOR 0 1
 NZL 0 1
 UKR 0 1
 VEN 0 1

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