Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award
Marin Cilic (Croatia) Tennis - won first ever Grand Slam at the US Open, beating Kei Nishikori in final
Mario Gotze (Germany) Football - scored the winning goal for Germany in the FIFA World Cup Final
Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Motor Racing - won three Grand Prix for Red Bull in his rookie year
James Rodriguez (Colombia) Football - won Golden Boot in FIFA World Cup as leading scorer
Mikaela Shiffrin (United States) Alpine Skiing - at 18 years 345 days became youngest Olympic Slalom champion
Switzerland Davis Cup Team (Tennis) - inspired by Roger Federer, won Davis Cup for the first time
Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award
Francesco Acerbi (Italy) Football - recovered from cancer to return to Serie A and the Italy football squad
Schalk Burger (S.Africa) Rugby - survived life-threatening bacterial meningitis to return to Springboks team
Diego Milito (Argentina) Football - returned to Racing who won the Argentine title for first time in 13 years
Jo Pavey (Britain) Athletics - won European Championships 10,000 meters gold ten months after giving birthp Pierre Vaultier (France) Snowboarding - won Winter Olympics gold just two months after ligament damage
Oliver Wilson (Britain) Golf - 792nd in the world rankings, he won his first event after 228 European Tour starts
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award
Shelley Gautier (Canada) Cycling - has won all tricycle T1 UCI para-cycling world titles over past five years
Tatyana McFadden (United States) Wheelchair Racing - won Boston, Chicago, London and New York marathons
Roman Petushkov (Russia) Nordic Skiing - first athlete to win six gold medals at a Paralympic Winter Games
Anna Schaffelhuber (Germany) Alpine Skiing - won all five Alpine gold medals at a Paralympic Winter Games
Sarah Storey (Britain) Cycling - won four world titles in her first year back after giving birth to her daughter
Yuk Wing Leung (Hong Kong of China) Boccia - four golds at World Championships, Asian Para Games
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award
Alan Eustace (United States) Skydiving - jumped 135,889ft to break Felix Baumgartner's 2012 free fall world record
Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) Surfing - won her sixth World Surfing Championship
Nyjah Huston (United States) Skateboarding - won X-Games Street gold medal with highest ever score of 95.00
Sage Kotsenburg (United States) Snowboarding - won inaugural Slopestyle men's gold medal at the Winter Olympics
Danny MacAskill (Britain) Trials Cycling - rode treacherous Cuillin Ridge on Scotland's Isle of Skye
Gabriel Medina (Brazil) Surfing - at 20, won Brazil's first ever World Surfing Championship
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