On May 8, Beijing time, the award ceremony of the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards was held in Paris, and Messi won the Laureus Male Athlete of the Year award!
The Lawrence World Sports Awards, referred to as the Lawrence Awards, were established in 2000, although not long, but it is one of the most influential awards in the world of sports, known as the "Oscars of sports", the awards include the best male and female athletes, the best team, the best newcomer, etc., the most concerned is the best male athlete.
The Laureus Awards are nominated by more than 2,000 veteran sports journalists from more than 70 countries and territories, and then voted for by the 52 members of the Lawrence Sports Academy, which is made up of the most outstanding retired athletes in all sports.
At this year's Lawrence Awards ceremony, a total of 6 athletes were shortlisted for the best male athlete of the year, and in the end, Messi successfully defeated Mbappe, Curry, Nadal, Verstappen, Duplantis and other sports superstars to win this award!
This is the second time Messi has won Lawrence's Male Athlete of the Year, the first time in 2020, when he won the award with Hamilton. And in the past year, he led Argentina to the World Cup, lifted the Hercules Cup for the first time in his career, and had already won the FIFA Player of the Year, so he deservedly deserved.
Not only is Messi the first footballer to win Lawrence's Footballer of the Year, but also the only one so far, and certainly the only two, that Ronaldo has never won. At the same time, he is the only athlete to win this award, the "Big Three" or even the entire collective event, and NBA superstars have never won the award.
The most Laureus Best Male Athlete is tennis king Federer, with a total of 5 times. Djokovic and Usain Bolt are both four, Tiger Woods three, and Messi equals Nadal and Michael Schumacher, tied for the fifth most in history.
All-time Lawrence Male Athlete of the Year
2000: Tiger Woods (Golf)
2001: Tiger Woods (Golf)
2002: Michael Schumacher (F1)
2003: Armstrong (bicycle)
2004: Michael Schumacher (F1)
2005: Federer (tennis)
2006: Federer (Tennis)
2007: Federer (tennis)
2008: Federer (tennis)
2009: Usain Bolt (Athletics)
2010: Usain Bolt (Athletics)
2011: Nadal (Tennis)
2012: Djokovic (Tennis)
2013: Usain Bolt (Athletics)
2014: Vettel (F1)
2015: Djokovic (Tennis)
2016: Djokovic (Tennis)
2017: Usain Bolt (Athletics)
2018: Federer (Tennis)
2019: Djokovic (Tennis)
2020: Messi (football) & Hamilton (F1)
2021: Nadal (Tennis)
2022: Verstappen (F1)
2023: Messi (football)