BERLIN: Joachim Löw, coach of world champions Germany, and team manager Oliver Bierhoff, will be among the guests at the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Monday, April 18.
They are among an illustrious team of football stars, past and present, who will be present including Cafu, Luis Figo, Alessandro Del Piero, Marcel Desailly, Jens Lehmann, Carles Puyol, Raul, Jamie Redknapp, plus legendary women’s player Nia Künzer.
Stars from a wide variety of sports will be in Berlin. On the guest list are: Paralympic stars Marie Bochet, Martin Braxenthaler, Anna Schaffelhuber and Michael Teuber; former Olympic cyclists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton; rugby’s Brian O’Driscoll and Sean Fitzpatrick; skateboarder Bob Burnquist; boxers Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Axel Schulz, golfer Martin Kaymer and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva.
Laureus Academy Members attending include Olympians Nadia Comaneci, Cathy Freeman, Kip Keino, Edwin Moses, Alexey Nemov, Steve Redgrave, along with Olympic skiers Franz Klammer and Alberto Tomba and skating queen Katarina Witt.
Among the Laureus Academy Members, Ambassadors, Nominees and Guests so far confirmed are:
Boris Becker Bob Burnquist
Mick Doohan Jan Frodeno
Martin Kaymer Jens Lehmann
Brian O'Driscoll Axel Schulz
Oliver Bierhoff Cafu
Morné du Plessis Tanni Grey-Thompson
Kip Keino Tegla Loroupe
Victoria Pendleton Michael Tate
Ole Bischof Nadia Comaneci
Pieter du Preez Joachim Löw
Chloe Kim Michael Teuber
Hugo Porta Liu Cuiqing
Stefan Blöcher Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Omara Durand Garrett McNamara
Christa Kinshofer Daley Thompson
Carles Puyol Alessandro Del Piero
Fredi Bobic Mika Hakkinen
Luis Figo Edwin Moses
Franz Klammer Alberto Tomba
Raul Marcel Desailly
Marie Bochet Regina Halmich
Anna Fenninger Robby Naish
Philip Köster Pascal Wehrlein
Steve Redgrave Kapil Dev
Ian Botham Chris Hoy
Sean Fitzpatrick Ilie Nastase
Stefan Kretzschmar Katarina Witt
Jamie Redknapp Genzebe Dibaba
Martin Braxenthaler Yelena Isinbayeva
Cathy Freeman Alexey Nemov
Nia Künzer Kathi Wörndl
Anna Schaffelhuber
The Laureus World Sports Awards is the premier honours event on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of more than 50 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled at the globally televised Awards Ceremony staged at the Messe Berlin Palais am Funkturm.
The Laureus World Sports Awards supports Laureus Sport for Good by showcasing the incredible work it does to transform the lives of individuals and communities around the world by using the power of sport as a tool to combat challenging social issues. Since its inception, Laureus Sport for Good has raised over €100 million and supported over 150 projects worldwide which use sport to tackle violence, discrimination and disadvantage. Laureus Sport for Good has helped to improve the lives of millions of young people in over 35 countries and is proving that sport can change the world.
