Laureus Members
The Laureus World Sports Academy is a group of people who have excelled in sport and proved themselves in the testing ground of world class competition.
Alberto Tomba
3 Gold, 2 Silver Olympic Medals, Winner of 50 World Cup races
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Bill Shoemaker
8,833 Wins, 11 Triple Crown Wins, Over $123 Million Prize Money
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Bobby Charlton
1966 World Cup winner, Best Player of World Cup, 1966 European Footballer of the Year
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Boris Becker
3 Wimbledon Titles, 2 Australian Open Titles, 1 US Open Title, 2 Davis Cup Wins, 1 Olympic Gold Medal, 3 Masters
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Daley Thompson
2 Olympic Gold Medals, 1 World Championship, 2 European Championship Titles, 3 Commonwealth Gold Medals
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Dan Marino
420 Touchdown Passes, 61,367 Passing Yardage, 4,967 Completed Passes
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David Douillet
2 Olympic Gold medals and 1 Bronze, 4 World Championship titles
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Dawn Fraser
4 Olympic Gold Medals
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Deng Yaping
14 World Titles, 4 Olympic Gold Medals
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Edwin Moses
2 Olympic Gold Medals
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Emerson Fittipaldi
2 Formula One World Championships, 2 Indianapolis 500 victories
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Franz Beckenbauer
2 World Cup wins - 1 as a player, 1 as coach, 2 European Footballer of the Year Awards
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Franz Klammer
1 Olympic Gold Medal, Winner of 26 World Cup races
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Gary Player
3 Open Championships, 3 US Masters, 2 US PGA Championships, 1 US Open
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Giacomo Agostini
15 World Championship Titles, 10 Isle of Man TT Crowns
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Hugo Porta
57 Test Matches, 530 Test Points
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Ian Botham
102 Test Matches, 383 Wickets, 5,200 Runs
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Ilie Nastase
2 US Open Titles (1 Doubles), 2 French Open Titles (1 Doubles), 1 Wimbledon Doubles Title
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Jack Nicklaus
18 Major Championship Wins - 6 US Masters, 4 US Opens, 3 Open Championships, 5 US PGA Championships
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John McEnroe
7 Grand Slam Singles, 3 Wimbledon Titles, 4 US Open Titles, 5 Davis Cup Championships
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Kapil Dev
1 World Cup, 131 Test Matches, 434 Test Wickets, 5,248 Test Runs
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Katarina Witt
2 Olympic Gold Medals, 4 World Championship titles, 6 European Championship titles
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Kip Keino
2 Gold, 2 Silver Olympic Medals
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Marcel Desailly
1998 World Cup winner; Captain of France; played 116 times
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Mark Spitz
9 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze Olympic Medals
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Martina Navratilova
9 Wimbledon Titles, 3 Australian Open Titles, 2 French Open Titles, 4 US Open Titles, 58 Grand Slam Titles
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Michael Johnson
5 Olympic Gold Medals, 9 World Championship Gold Medals
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Michael Jordan
32,292 points, 30.1 Scoring Average (Highest in NBA), 5 MVP Awards (season), 6 MVP Awards (finals)
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Miguel Indurain Larraya
5 Tour de France victories, 1 Olympic Gold Medal
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Mike Horn
Global expeditions Equator, Arctic Circle, North Pole
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Morné du Plessis
World Cup winner (Manager), 22 Test Matches, Captained South Africa to wins over All Blacks and British Lions
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Nadia Comaneci
5 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze Olympic Medals
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Nawal el Moutawakel
1 Olympic Gold Medal
---Peter Blake
1 Whitbread Round the World Title, 2 Americas Cup Titles
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Robby Naish
24 World Titles over 16 years
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Sean Fitzpatrick
1987 World Cup winner, 92 Test Matches, Captain of All Blacks 1992-97
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Sebastian Coe
2 Gold, 2 Silver Olympic Medals
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Sergey Bubka
1 Olympic Gold Medal, 6 World Championship Gold Medals
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Severiano Ballesteros
3 Open Championships, 2 US Masters, 2 World Cups of Golf, 1997 Ryder Cup winning captain
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Tanni Grey-Thompson
11 Paralympic Gold Medals, 6 times winner of London Wheelchair Marathon
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Tony Hawk
12 World Championships, 13 X Games Medals
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Vivian Richards
121 Test Matches, 8,540 Test Runs, 24 Test Centuries, 50.23 Average
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Yasuhiro Yamashita
1 Olympic Gold Medal, 4 World Championships, World record of 203 successive wins in a row Kodokan Judo 8th Dan
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