<h5>How did Messi make history at the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards?</h5><p>Lionel Messi created history at the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards held in Paris, France. The football legend has become the first athlete ever to be named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and win the Laureus World Team of the Year award simultaneously. No other athlete so far has collected these two awards together.</p><p>The other athletes who were nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award are Kylian Mbappé (football player), Max Verstappen (Formula One world champion), Rafael Nadal (tennis legend), Stephen Curry (basketball legend), and Mondo Duplantis (pole vaulter).</p><p>For the first time since 2020, the awards were held as an in-person event. The previous two events in 2021 and 2022 were held virtually. Messi won both of these awards after helping Argentina to a historic <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/argentina-wins-the-fifa-world-cup-2022">FIFA World Cup victory</a> last year. Messi has won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for the second time. He also won this award in 2020.</p><h5>What are the Laureus World Sports Awards?</h5><p>The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony. It is held to recognise individual athletes and teams from the sports world for their incredible performance and achievements throughout the year. The prestigious event started in the year 2000.</p><p>The world's media chooses the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards. The winners in different categories are chosen by the 71 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy. The members are famous personalities from the past 50 years of athletic achievement. This year, the awards have been given in eight categories.</p><h5>Who are some of the other winners this year?</h5><p>The 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards honoured the top athletes of 2022 as well as some of the greatest sportsmen of all time. Some of the other winners (apart from Lionel Messi) are:</p><ul><li>Laureus World Sportswoman Of The Year- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica. She is known as one of the best sprinters of all time.</li><li>Laureus World Sportsperson Of The Year With A Disability- Catherine Debrunner. She is a para-athlete from Switzerland and is a wheelchair-track specialist.</li><li>Laureus World Action Sportsperson Of The Year- Eileen Gu of China won this award. At the age of 18, she became the youngest Olympic freestyle skiing champion at the 2022 Winter Olympics.</li><li>Laureus Sport For Good- This award is presented to an organisation or individual who uses sports to better the lives of young people. TeamUp has won this award this year.</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/lionel-messi-creates-history-at-the-2023-laureus-awards%2FShelly%20Ann.jfif?alt=media&amp;token=a19bf485-1a7b-4e0a-831c-568257fa1f1f"><figcaption>Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with her Laureus World Sportswoman Of The Year award. Photo by ShellyAnnFraserPryce.</figcaption></figure><h5>Has any Indian won a Laureus Sports Award?</h5><p>In 2020, Sachin Tendulkar received the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020.</p><p>Neeraj Chopra became the third Indian to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards. He was nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award. In 2019, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was nominated. Both of them did not win the award.</p><p>Let’s hope someday an Indian wins the Laureus World Sportsman Of The Year or the Laureus World Sportswoman Of The Year award.<br>&nbsp;</p>

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