Andy Murray wins Laureus Sporting Award for Breakthrough of the year 2012

[Sallydaisy]

Another accolade for Andy!!!
:clap::clap::clap:

He's the 2013 Breakthrough Sportsperson! And here's the photo (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BFHjZjKCcAEBNVh.jpg) to prove it.

The Laureus Sporting Awards are a prestigious event (http://www.laureus.com/awards) held this year in Rio de Janeiro. The Laureus organisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laureus_World_Sports_Awards) raises money to support charitable sporting activities throughout the world under the banner Sport for Good.

Tennis stars have won awards here before; Sportsman of the Year 2012 was Djokovic and in 2011 it was Rafa Nadal. Federer won it in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 ...

So, it's very nice for Andy to win as well.

There were 7 categories - Sportsman, Sportswoman, Breakthrough, Comeback, Action, Disabled and Team.

[lynne]

From Andy's FBook page..........


It's an honour to have won the Laureus World Sport Award for World Breakthrough of the Year for 2012.

To come out on top amongst such a strong field of nominees really is the finishing touch on a great year for me.

A big thank you to my team and all of you at home for your great support, it means a lot. Here’s to a great 2013 season!

You can find the full list of winners and nominees on www.laureus.com, check it out!

[JAMES4578]

Fabulous news, well done Andy!

[hfwardhouse]

Brilliant news and a lovely pic to go with it :cheer:

[RoastLamb]

Cool! :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Here's the full list of Laureus 2013 awards:-

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: Usain Bolt, Jamaica, Athletics
(Wiggins, Phelps, Farah, Vettel, Messi)

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: Jessica Ennis, Britain, Athletics
(Serena Williams, Lindsey Vonn, Allyson Felix, Missy Franklin, Shelly Fraser-Price)

Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year: Andy Murray, Britain, Tennis
(Kirani James, Yannick Agnel, Gabby Douglas, Neymar, Ye-Shiwen)

Laureus World Team of the Year: European Ryder Cup Team, Golf

Laureus World Comeback of the Year: Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic, Athletics
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Felix Baumgartner, Austria, Skydiving
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Daniel de Faria Dias, Brazil, Swimming
Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award: Michael Phelps, United States, Swimming
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: Sebastian Coe, Britain, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games

Full list of 2013 nominees: http://www.laureus.com/awards/2013/nominees

[Bardot]

A video of Martina Navratilova announcing Andy as the winner and his acceptance speech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_f6a9WWdYQ

[karanga]

Congratulations Andy - fantastic news. :dance:

Congrats too to Jessica, Seb and the European Ryder Cup team. :bravo:

[david1610]

Well done Andy!
(FWIW, the language in the background is (Brazilian) Portuguese)

[themass15]

So richly deserved!

[Katie]

Really pleased for Andy - very well-deserved! :)

[ljs]

Couldnt think of a more deserving winner !!!!

[Jan]

Well done Andy!

[cazza99]

Congratulations Andy :clap:

[Golden Lady]

Wonderful news! Well done Andy :yahoo:

[cazza99]

Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2013/mar/12/andy-murray-laureus-awards-video) - Andy Murray breakthrough recognised at Laureus Awards - video
Another video of the interview with Andy - in English with no translaters.

[supergran]

This is great news isn't it? Well deserved too! Watched the vid with translation which made it a bit difficult so will now watch the one from Cazza.......Strange, it wouldn't play.

[Madeline]

Really? It plays well for me.

[cazza99]

It took a while for the Guardian video to load when I watched it.

[MurrayAOne]

Great picture. Great speech. Great champion. Well done Andy!!!!!!!!!!

[Manaus]

Definitely deserves this, congratulations to Andy. :clap:

[Genbrit]

Fantastic News for Andy. He certainly deserves this. :bravo:

[LC the fan]

So pleased for him - worked so hard for - so well deserved :bravo:

[supergran]

This is great news isn't it? Well deserved too! Watched the vid with translation which made it a bit difficult so will now watch the one from Cazza.......Strange, it wouldn't play. No problem today. Just watched it. Thanks!

[pabbers]

So pleased to see him finally getting so much positive recognition!