REBECA ANDRADE It is one of those indicated to Laureus 2025 Award. The gymnast was remembered in the category “Return of the Year”which honors athletes and teams that surpassed a difficult situation and came back at a high level. In the case of Brazilianthe appointment refers to the conquest of three individual medals in Paris Olympics in 2024, after recovering from three anterior cruciate ligament lesions.
Rebeca was the only Brazilian nominated for “Oscar do Esporte”which has eight questions. The prize is one of the main sports sports and celebrates athletes, clubs and sports projects that stood out in the last year. This year, the 25th edition of the award.
Os 47 They were selected by 1,300 members of the Laureus global media panel. Anyone who wins each category was chosen by a jury of 69 atlers who made a difference in the sport.
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Rebeca Andrade: From the history of injuries to glory
Rebeca Andrade suffered from Three injuries in the anterior cruciate ligament (LCA) knee and had to undergo surgery on all occasions. The first happened in 2015, during training for Toronto Pan American Games. Two years later, also in a training, this time, for the Montreal Worldthe athlete was injured in the same place. Again two years later, the gymnast twisted the knee that had been operated as Brazilian Championship and needed another surgery.
Even with all these problems, Rebeca competed at a high level in Paris Olympic Gamesin 2024, where won four medals (Gold on the ground, silver in the jump, silver in the general individual and bronze in the team test) and became The Brazilian with more podiums and more medals in Olympics.
What are the competitors of Rebeca?
In addition to Rebeca, they are indicated in the “Return of the Year” category: Coeleb DresselAmerican swimmer, Lara Gut-BehramiSwitzerland Alpina, Rishabh pantIndian cricket player, Ariarne TitmusAustralian swimmer, and Marc MárquezSpanish rider of the GP motorcycle.
The list marks the debut of Rebeca, Lara and Rishabh among the nominees. However, the other nominees are already known faces of Laureus.
Caeleb Dressel had already been nominated twice: in 2018, in “Revelation of the Year”and in 2022, in “Male athlete of the year”. Ariarne Titmus had also been named in 2022, in the category “Revelation of the Year”.
In addition to them, Marc Márquez won the question “Revelation of the Year” in 2014 and was nominated for “Male athlete of the year” in 2020 and also “Return of the Year” em 2022.
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Who has already won the “Return of the Year” category?
The last winner in the “Return of the Year” category was Gymnast Simone Biles. At the time, the US athlete had returned to act at a high level after a career break to treat a depression.
Check out the winners of this question:
- 2024 – Simone Biles – Gymnastics
- 2023 – Christian Eriksen – Futebol
- 2022 – Sky Brown – Skate
- 2021 – Max Parrot – Snowboard
- 2020 – Sophia Flörsch – Automobilismo
- 2019 – Tiger Woods – Golfe
- 2018 – Roger Federer – Tennis
- 2017 – Michael Phelps – Swimming
- 2016 – and Cater – Rugby
- 2015 – Schalk Burger – Rugby
- 2014 – Rafael Nadal – Tennis
- 2013 – Félix Sánchez – Athletics
- 2012 – Darren Clarke – Golfe
- 2011 – Valentino Rossi – Motociclismo
- 2010 – Kim Clijsters – Tênis
- 2009 – Vitali Klitschko – Boxe
- 2008 – Paula Radcliffe – Athletics
- 2007 – Serena Williams – Tennis
- 2006 – Martina Hingis – Tennis
- 2005 – Alessandro Zanardi – Automobismo
- 2004 – Hermann Maier – Esqui alpino
- 2003 – Ronaldo – Football
- 2002 – Goran Ivanisevic – Tennis
- 2001 – Jennifer Capriati – Tennis
- 2000 – Lance Armstrong – Cycling
What are the other categories and the nominees of the Laureus 2025 award?
In addition to the “return of the year”, the Laureus Award has Another seven questions. Check out which ones are and who are the nominees:
- Athlete Woman of the Year
- Simone Biles – Gymnastics
- AITANA BONMATI – FOOTBALL
- Faith Kip, atletism
- Sifan Hassan – Atletismo
- Aryna Sabalenka – Tennis
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone – atletismo
- Athlete Man of the Year
- Tadej Pogacar – Road Cycling
- Carlos Alcaraz – Tennis
- Armand Duplantis – Atletismo
- Léon March – Swimming
- Max Verstappen – Automobilismo
- Paratlete of the year
- Catherine Debrunner – Athletics
- Teresa Perales – Swimming
- Oda Tokito – Wheelchair Tennis
- Matt Stutzman – Arc Shot
- Yuyan Jiang – Swimming
- MO Qu Zi – Badminton in wheelchair
- Team of the year
- Boston Celtics – basquete
- Adult Basketball Men’s Selection of the United States
- McLaren – Automobile
- Barcelona adult female team
- Real Madrid adult soccer team
- Adult men’s soccer team in Spain
- Revelation of the year
- Julien Alfred – Athletics
- Summer McIntosh – Swimming
- Play Thanks
- Victor Wembanyama – Basketball
- Lamine Yamal – Football
- Bayer Leverkusen adult men’s team
- Action Sports Athlete
- HORIGOME Yuto – skate
- Chloe Kim – snowboard
- Caroline Marks – surfe
- Alexsandra Miroslaw – Climbing
- Tom Pidcock – ciclismo moutain bike
- Arisa Trew – Skate
- Sport for good
- Kick4Life – Football and Gender Equality – Uses football to reach risoto children and young people in Lesoto
- Figure Skating in Harlem – Artistic Skating and Racial Equality – Helps girls to turn their lives, collaborating with their performance, growing with confidence and developing leadership skills
- Kind Surf – Uses surfing to help young people at risk of social exclusion due to intellectual deficiencies
- Liberi Nantes – Football and Social Inclusion – offers a wide range of sports activities for refugees and political asylum applicants
- Paris Basket – Basketball and Gender Equality – focuses on the development of women’s sport and social integration
- Street League – Various Sports and Employability – Uses the power of sports to help young people from 14 to 30 years old to prepare for job opportunities
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When does the award result come out?
The award ceremony will take place in the April 21at the Cibeles Palace in Madrid, Spain.
