Laureus World Sports Academy

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advisory body non-profit organization sports organization

The Laureus World Sports Academy is an elite group of legendary athletes and sports figures who oversee and vote on the annual Laureus World Sports Awards and support global sport-for-good initiatives.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Laureus World Sports Academy canonical	10
Laureus	2
Laureus World Sports Academy Members	1
Laureus World Sports Academy jury	1
Laureus World Sports Awards organisation	1
Laureus organisation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9574047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Laureus World Sports Academy
Context triple: [Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year, presentedBy, Laureus World Sports Academy]

A. Centro de Alto Rendimiento
Centro de Alto Rendimiento is a high-performance sports training complex in Mexico primarily used for developing elite football players, including national youth teams.
B. The Academy of Football
The Academy of Football is the renowned youth development system of West Ham United F.C., celebrated for producing many talented English footballers.
C. International Olympic Academy
The International Olympic Academy is an educational and cultural institution dedicated to studying, promoting, and preserving the ideals and philosophy of Olympism worldwide.
D. Sporting Academy
Sporting Academy is the renowned youth training center of Sporting Clube de Portugal, famous for developing world-class football talents such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo.
E. National Olympic Academies
National Olympic Academies are national-level institutions that promote Olympic values, education, and research within their respective countries as part of the broader Olympic Movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Laureus World Sports Academy
Target entity description: The Laureus World Sports Academy is an elite group of legendary athletes and sports figures who oversee and vote on the annual Laureus World Sports Awards and support global sport-for-good initiatives.

A. Centro de Alto Rendimiento
Centro de Alto Rendimiento is a high-performance sports training complex in Mexico primarily used for developing elite football players, including national youth teams.
B. The Academy of Football
The Academy of Football is the renowned youth development system of West Ham United F.C., celebrated for producing many talented English footballers.
C. International Olympic Academy
The International Olympic Academy is an educational and cultural institution dedicated to studying, promoting, and preserving the ideals and philosophy of Olympism worldwide.
D. Sporting Academy
Sporting Academy is the renowned youth training center of Sporting Clube de Portugal, famous for developing world-class football talents such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo.
E. National Olympic Academies
National Olympic Academies are national-level institutions that promote Olympic values, education, and research within their respective countries as part of the broader Olympic Movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory body ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ sports organization ⓘ
affiliatedWith	Laureus World Sports Awards ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sports Award
composedOf	legendary sports figures ⓘ retired elite athletes ⓘ
country	Monaco ⓘ
fieldOfWork	philanthropy ⓘ social development ⓘ sport ⓘ
foundedBy	Daimler AG ⓘ Richemont ⓘ
hasPart	Laureus World Sports Academy Members ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sports Academy
headquartersLocation	Monaco ⓘ
inception	2000 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Laureus Sport for Good movement ⓘ linked to: Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
motto	Sport for Good ⓘ linked to: Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
notableMember	Boris Becker ⓘ Daley Thompson ⓘ Edwin Moses ⓘ Franz Beckenbauer ⓘ Kapil Dev ⓘ Mark Spitz ⓘ Martina Navratilova ⓘ Michael Johnson ⓘ Nadia Comăneci ⓘ Sean Fitzpatrick ⓘ Sergey Bubka ⓘ linked to: Sergei Bubka Tanni Grey-Thompson ⓘ
oversees	Laureus World Sports Awards ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sports Award
partOf	Laureus Sport for Good Foundation ⓘ
purpose	governance of Laureus World Sports Awards voting ⓘ promotion of sport-for-good initiatives ⓘ support of social change through sport ⓘ
selectionCriteria	membership by invitation only ⓘ
supports	Laureus Sport for Good projects ⓘ linked to: Laureus Sport for Good Foundation community sports programs ⓘ youth development through sport ⓘ
votesOn	Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Comeback of the Year Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year Laureus World Team of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year
website	https://www.laureus.com/academy ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year → presentedBy → Laureus World Sports Academy ⓘ

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year → presentedBy → Laureus World Sports Academy ⓘ

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year → organizer → Laureus World Sports Academy ⓘ

Laureus World Sports Academy → hasPart → Laureus World Sports Academy Members ⓘ