# Talk:Laureus World Sports Awards

I think that excluding the winners from the main article is silly, and I'm moving them in. Wincoote 19:50, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

is "2003: Dean Potter (United States) - speed climbing" correct? shouldnt it be freeclimbing? 
--84.75.28.60 20:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Added a fair amount of content and corrected a few bits - been working on the official website for the last couple of months, should my  credentials need confirmation!
--Rillaith 10:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Yelena Isinbayeva, who does pole vault, is listed as track and field, while Sergey Bubka is listed as pole vault. They should both be list under the same sport name for consistency. I'm changing Bubka to track and field since there are other athletes under track and field. --Scuac (talk) 00:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The article states that the awards were founded by Daimler, among others, in 1999. This links to a disambiguation page. I considered correcting this to Daimler AG, but then I saw that this was the name used after the demerger in 2007. So should the founding patron be DaimlerChrysler AG, which was the company formed by the merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler in 1998? Coyets (talk) 10:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Athletes receive awards for achievements in the previous year. For example, Usain Bolt won the 2009 award Sportsman of the Year for success in 2008. We're supposed to write  that Bolt was Sportsman of the Year for 2008 and 2009. And all the other years, we should reduce by one. --Aca Srbin (talk) 18:59, 9 January 2011 (CET)

OK i get it, so Novak Djokovic will be prized in year 2012 for this year achievements. --94.140.88.117 (talk) 19:41, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Whilst I agree that your statement is factually correct (the 2011 Sportsman of the Year is awarded in 2011 based on performance in 2010), in all news articles, press releases, and anything else written/spoken (whether by Laureus or 3rd parties such as newspapers), it's always "The 2011 Sportsman of the Year is ..." or "The Sportsman of the Year 2011 is..." - i.e. the award name contains the award year, and the person is the current awardee during the awarding year. Therefore I would oppose the suggestion that all years are reduced by one in the article. (Disclosure: I used to work for the web agency who managed their web presence and have attended the Awards every year from 2007-2011 in a support role. I no longer have any involvement with Laureus, jsut an insider's knowledge.) Rillaith (talk) 17:37, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Where is an article about the "World Sports Awards of the Century" from 1999 in Vienna, Austria?
With Pele, Muhammad Ali, etc etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.116.242.76 (talk) 17:04, 2 December 2012 (UTC) 

We need some uniformity in how the four rescinded awards are shown.  These are Armstrong (Sportsman 2003) and (Comeback 2000), Connor (Disabled 2004) and Jones (Sportswoman 2000) "Rescinded" is the term that is used and if you click on the winner on the Laureus page you get "Award rescinded after the sporting successes on which the Laureus World Sports Academy voted have been revoked by the relevant sport governing body."  
How about a standard of striking through the winner's name and the one foot note for all cases with Laureus's preferred phrasing. We can choose whether "Rescinded" appears next to the name too.--Peter cohen (talk) 01:40, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

What do the astericks in academy members mean?Perfectamundo (talk) 15:54, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

The World Sports Awards of the Century in Vienna were the award first was presented, afterwards the Laureus World Sports Awards came. So why there is no mention about it? Muhammed Ali, Pele, Mark Spitz, Michael Jordan just all the best sport guys of the century were in Vienna to receive this award. The nomination list is the who the who of sports. this should get an article here.
Here is the list with all the nominations and the winner are bold. Almost everyone came to Vienna for the show. here is a clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue63v53dMiE
World Sports Awards of the Century				
Results by the Nomination Jury				
Water sports/Men			Water sports/Women	
Matt BIONDI	USA		Franziska van ALMSICK	Germany
Paul ELVSTRÖM	Denmark		Kristina EGERSZEGI	Hungary
Gert FREDRIKSSON Sweden		Janet EVANS	USA
Pertti KARPPINEN Finland	Dawn FRASER	Australia
Greg LOUGANIS	USA		Birgit SCHMIDT-FISCHER	Germany
Steven REDGRAVE	Great Britain			
Don SCHOLLANDER	USA			
Mark SPITZ	USA			
Winter sports/Men			Winter sports/Women	
Björn DAEHLI	Norway		Bonnie BLAIR	USA
Wayne GRETZKY	Canada		Deborah COMPAGNONI	Italy
Eric HEIDEN	USA		Larissa LAZUTINA	Russia
Jean-Claude KILLY France	Annemarie MOSER-PRÖLL	Austria
Matti NYKÄNEN	Finland		Gunda NIEMANN	Germany
Toni SAILER	Austria		Irina RODNINA	Russia
Ingemar STENMARK Sweden		Vreni SCHNEIDER	Switzerland
Alberto TOMBA	Italy		Katharina WITT	Germany
Athletics/Men			Athletics/Women	
Roger BANNISTER	Great Britain		Evelyn ASHFORD	USA
Bob BEAMON	USA		Fanny BLANKERS	Netherlands
Sergej BUBKA	Ukraine		Vera CASLAVSKA	Czech Rep.
Dick FOSBURY	USA		Nadia COMANECI	Romania
Haile GEBRSELASSIE Ethiopia	Betty CUTHBERT	Australia
Miguel INDURAIN	Spain		Jackie JOYNER-KERSEE	USA
Carl LEWIS	USA		Larissa LATYNINA	Russia
Eddy MERCKX	Belgium		Jeannie LONGO	France
Al OERTER	USA			
Emil ZATOPEK	Czech Rep.		Ball sports/Women	
			        Chris EVERT	USA
Ball sports/Men			Steffi GRAF	Germany
Serge BLANCO	France		Billie Jean KING	USA
Björn BORG	Sweden		Heather McKAY	Australia
Sir Donald BRADMAN Australia	Martina NAVRATILOVA	USA
Wilt CHAMBERLAIN USA		Margaret SMITH-COURT	Australia
Michael JORDAN	USA			
Rodney LAVER	Australia		Soccer	
John McENROE	USA		Franz BECKENBAUER 	Germany
Joe MONTANA	USA		George BEST	Northern Ireland
Jack NICKLAUS	USA		Bobby CHARLTON	Great Britain
Sadaharu OH 	Japan		Johan CRUYFF	Netherlands
			        Diego MARADONA	Argentinia
			        Stanley MATTHEWS Great Britain
Motor sports			Michel PLATINI	France
Giacomo AGOSTINI Italy	        Ferenc PUSKAS	Hungary
Michael DOOHAN	Australia	PELÈ	Brazil
A.J. FOYT	USA		Alfredo di STEFANO Spain
Niki LAUDA 	Austria		Dino ZOFF	Italy
Michelle MOUTON	France			
Alain PROST	France			
Michael SCHUMACHER Germany			
Jackie STEWART	Scotland			
Martial arts				
Muhammad ALI	        USA			
Antonius GEESINK	Netherlands			
Sugar Ray LEONARD	USA			
Lazlo PAPP	        Hungary			
Max SCHMELING	        Germany			
Teofilo STEVENSON	Cuba			
Yasuhiro YAMASHITA	Japan			
Kohki TAIHO	        Japan  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.235.36.62 (talk) 09:21, 14 January 2016 (UTC) 

Good source. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:11, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
And this. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:14, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Laureus World Sports Awards/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 21:03, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Saw my name get mentioned as somebody to review this article and shall take it on. Comments will appear shortly. MWright96 (talk) 21:03, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### History
"South African businessman Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont, proposd that an organisation be created "based on the principle that sport can bridge the gaps in society and change the way people look at the world." - proposed
"name being derived from the Greek word for laurel," - make a slight adjustment to this text so it reads as its name being derived from the Greek word for laurel,
You may want to consider explaining who Jeff Bridges, Dylan McDermott and Earle Connor are. Also do the same with Lance Armstrong and Marion Jones as you have done in the lead.


### Discretionary awards
"awarded the first and only Sporting Inspiration Award" - add was at the start of this section of text.


### References
This is more slanted to FAC but you may want to consider archiving the remainder of the sources if appropriate.
Overall this is a quite neatly written article that you have put together. The only quibbles from me are minor copy-edits MWright96 (talk) 21:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi MWright96, done all of the above apart from the archiving.  I'm more than happy to do it, but do you know of a way of doing it for an entire article, rather than just one link at a time? Cheers for the review. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I happen to know there is this programme called IBot Management which allows for the automated archiving of sources on a page. Anyway it's not a major deal breaker so am now promoting this article to GA status
I'd already run that, it doesn't archive links, just adds links to archives which already exist... but thanks for the review! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi TRM, 

"...honouring individuals..." - and teams? or are teams covered by "sporting achievements"
"...held in ten cities around the world..." - eleven? unless counting Estoril as only a town or is considered part of Lisbon? (ten cities also appears under Ceremony.)
"...a gold Cartier Laureus statuette..." - remove "gold" per the following sentence? JennyOz (talk) 08:27, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
JennyOz, made these changes, thanks!  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:11, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. All good. JennyOz (talk) 11:39, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

According to the section Best Sporting Moment, the 2018 award was won by the Iowa Hawkeyes football team. However, the table in the section Winners by year says that the winner is Associacao Chapecoense de Futebol. They contradict each other. Who won the award? ~ Caleb KG (talk) 13:06, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

fact that Laurel is traditional symbol of Victory in Greece- that was and still is : olive tree 2A02:587:4B1C:4596:9C5E:6D7A:5332:4F43 (talk) 13:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)