{"id":14139,"date":"2011-12-15T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T11:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/oscar-pistorius-nominated-for-double-laureus-world-sports-awards\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T11:08:06","slug":"oscar-pistorius-nominated-for-double-laureus-world-sports-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/oscar-pistorius-nominated-for-double-laureus-world-sports-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius nominated for double Laureus World Sports Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Oscar-Pistorius.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-8364];player=img;\" title=\"Oscar Pistorius\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8365\" title=\"Oscar Pistorius\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2e40Oscar-Pistorius-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee to win track medal in non-disabled World Championships, joins a glittering collection of the world\u2019s greatest sports stars in the nominations for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world\u2019s media.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Blade Runner\u2019 Oscar Pistorius and Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova were both nominated in two categories \u2013 Kvitova for Sportswoman and Breakthrough, while athlete Pistorius qualifies for the Breakthrough and Disability Awards.\u00a0 Argentina\u2019s charismatic football star Lionel Messi has been nominated for the third straight time for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award. His team FC Barcelona are also nominated as Laureus World Team of the Year for the fourth time. Surfing legend and three-time winner Kelly Slater is nominated once more for the Laureus Action Sports Award.<\/p>\n<p>The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognise sporting achievement during the calendar year 2011, are the premier honours on the international sporting calendar.\u00a0\u00a0 The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 47 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled at a televised Awards Ceremony staged in London on Monday, February 6.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the Laureus World Sports Awards directly benefit and underpin the work of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which supports 89 community sports projects around the world. Since its inception, Laureus has raised \u20ac40 million for projects which have improved the lives of more than one-and-a-half million young people.<\/p>\n<p>Laureus World Sports Academy Chairman Edwin Moses comments: \u201cThis has been a great year for sport and the Academy are going to find it extremely difficult to decide who to vote for as winners. We have had several massive performances in 2011 both by individuals and teams and that has been reflected in the Nominations. I congratulate all the Nominees and now we look forward to what should be a great Awards Ceremony in February in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full list of nominees for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Sportsman of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics \u2013 two gold medals in World Athletics Championships in Daegu<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tennis \u2013 won Australian, Wimbledon and US Open Grand Slams<\/p>\n<p>Cadel Evans (Australia) Cycling \u2013 winner of the Tour de France<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi (Argentina) Football \u2013 FC Barcelona\u2019s star player, scored 53 goals in 2010\/11 season<\/p>\n<p>Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) Basketball \u2013 first European to be named MVP at NBA Finals<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing \u2013 won second straight F1 World Championship at 24<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) Athletics \u2013 won World Championship 5k &#038; 10K and cross-country title<\/p>\n<p>Maria H\u00f6fl-Riesch (Germany) Alpine Skiing \u2013 beat Lindsey Vonn to win overall World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Carmelita Jeter (US) Athletics \u2013 won 100m and 4 x 100m relay gold medals in World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Petra Kvitova (Czech) Tennis \u2013 won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon, plus WTA Championship<\/p>\n<p>Homare Sawa (Japan) Football \u2013 won Golden Ball and Golden Boot in FIFA World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Yani Tseng (Taiwan) Golf \u2013 at 22, won two golf Majors and headed LPGA money list by over US$1m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Blacks (N.Zealand) Rugby \u2013 won 2011 Rugby World Cup in their own country<\/p>\n<p>FC Barcelona (Spain) Football \u2013 won Champions League and Spanish League in 2010\/11<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Mavericks (US) Basketball \u2013 won their first ever NBA Championship<\/p>\n<p>England Cricket Team \u2013 became world No 1 after Ashes win in Australia and beating India 4-0<\/p>\n<p>Japan Women\u2019s Football Team \u2013 became first Asian team to win FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull (Austria) Motor Racing \u2013 won second straight F1 Constructors World Championship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yohan Blake (Jamaica) Athletics \u2013 at 21, won 100m gold medal in World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Mo Farah (UK) Athletics \u2013 winner of the 5,000 metres gold medal in the World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Tennis \u2013 at 21, won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy (UK) Golf \u2013 at 22, won US Open, his first Major Championship<\/p>\n<p>Li Na (China) Tennis \u2013 won French Open to become China\u2019s first ever Grand Slam winner<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Pistorius (SA) Athletics \u2013 first amputee to win track medal in non-disabled World Championships<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Comeback of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eric Abidal (France) Football \u2013 beat cancer to play in winning Barcelona Champions League team<\/p>\n<p>Darren Clarke (UK) Golf \u2013 at 42, recovered from slump in form to win Open Championship<\/p>\n<p>Crusaders (NZ) Rugby \u2013 despite Christchurch earthquake, Crusaders reached final of Super 15<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Garcia (Spain) Golf \u2013 won two European Tour events, after three years without a victory<\/p>\n<p>Liu Xiang (China) Athletics \u2013 after 2008 Olympic disappointment, won silver in World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Reds (Australia) Rugby \u2013 won Super 15 rugby despite floods in Queensland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Dias (Brazil) Swimming \u2013 won 11 gold medals in 11 events at Parapan Games<\/p>\n<p>Terezinha Guilhermina (Brazil) Athletics \u2013 won 4 gold medals in IPC World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Pistorius (SA) Athletics \u2013 first amputee to win track medal in non-disabled World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Esther Vergeer (Netherlands) Wheelchair Tennis \u2013 unbeaten in singles for more than eight years<\/p>\n<p>David Weir (UK) Wheelchair Athletics \u2013 won 3 gold medals in IPC World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Irek Zaripov (Russia) Nordic Skiing \u2013 won 6 medals in IPC World Skiing Championships<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Bestwick (UK) BMX \u2013 came back from fractured skull to win 5th straight X Games gold<\/p>\n<p>Philip K\u00f6ster (Germany) Windsurfing \u2013 became PWA Wave World Champion at 17<\/p>\n<p>Carissa Moore (US) Surfing \u2013 won her first World Surfing Championship at 19<\/p>\n<p>Travis Rice (US) Snowboarding \u2013 takes on the world\u2019s most intimidating descents<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Slater (US) Surfing \u2013 won 11th World Surfing Championship at 39<\/p>\n<p>Shaun White (US) Skateboarding\/Snowboarding \u2013 won Winter and Summer X Games gold<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" class=\"c4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee to win track medal in non-disabled World Championships, joins a glittering collection of the world\u2019s greatest sports stars in the nominations for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world\u2019s media. \u2018Blade Runner\u2019 Oscar Pistorius and Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova were both nominated in two categories \u2013 Kvitova for Sportswoman and Breakthrough, while athlete Pistorius qualifies for the Breakthrough and Disability Awards.\u00a0 Argentina\u2019s charismatic football star Lionel Messi has been nominated for the third straight time for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award. His team FC Barcelona are also nominated as Laureus World Team of the Year for the fourth time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oscar Pistorius nominated for double Laureus World Sports Awards - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/oscar-pistorius-nominated-for-double-laureus-world-sports-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Oscar Pistorius nominated for double Laureus World Sports Awards - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee to win track medal in non-disabled World Championships, joins a glittering collection of the world\u2019s greatest sports stars in the nominations for the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world\u2019s media. \u2018Blade Runner\u2019 Oscar Pistorius and Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova were both nominated in two categories \u2013 Kvitova for Sportswoman and Breakthrough, while athlete Pistorius qualifies for the Breakthrough and Disability Awards.\u00a0 Argentina\u2019s charismatic football star Lionel Messi has been nominated for the third straight time for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award. 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