Arisa Trew wins Laureus action sport award after Australian teen’s 720 as a 13-year-old

Arisa Trew, a 14-year-old skateboarding sensation together with her eyes set on the Olympics, has turn out to be the only Australian honoured at world sport’s greatest awards gala.

Whereas Novak Djokovic and Aitana Bonmati had been being saluted as world sportsman and sportswoman of the 12 months on the Laureus Awards, the Gold Coast teenager was thrilled to be named the motion sportsperson of the 12 months at a lavish ceremony in Madrid.

Trew was honoured for her pioneering feat on the age of simply 13 final 12 months when she turned the primary feminine skater to land a 720, a trick that entails two full rotations in mid-air, in competitors.

She pulled off the long-lasting transfer, first efficiently carried out by skating nice Tony Hawk in 1985, on the X Video games’ flagship California occasion in July final 12 months — and he was there to applaud Trew as she made historical past.

“I look as much as Tony Hawk a lot,” she stated as she acquired her Laureus award from French soccer nice Patrice Evra.

“I used to be fairly near touchdown it for some time and I knew on the comp I wished to attempt it. He helped me, gave me some suggestions, so it was actually cool as a result of he is one among my idols.”

Subsequently, the younger Queenslander turned the primary feminine in X Video games historical past to win each the park and vert “double” and is now firmly on the right track to put on inexperienced and gold on the Olympics.

Coach Trevor Ward stated it’s onerous to imagine the Olympic hopeful solely began competing two-and-a-half years in the past.

“I’ve by no means actually met anybody like her, the way in which she skates,” he instructed the ABC.

Trew arrived on the Laureus ceremony together with her skateboard and confirmed off some tips on the crimson carpet.

“It is a actually massive achievement for me as a result of I did not actually suppose I might even be right here,” she stated.

Trew beat out fellow skater Rayssa Leal, surfers Caroline Marks and Filipe Toledo, in addition to South African sailor Kirsten Neuschafer and British BMX rider Bethany Shriever.

Ward stated Trew is on observe to make the Olympic group with two extra qualifying competitions to go earlier than the Paris Video games in July.

“We go to Shanghai in Could after which Budapest in June and hopefully she does effectively sufficient, and he or she ought to qualify for the Olympics and hopefully we are able to get a medal on the Olympics,” he stated.

Different stars of the Laureus Awards night time had been Spanish World Cup winner Bonmati, recognised as the very best feminine footballer throughout a triumphant marketing campaign in Australia.

She additionally picked up the group of the 12 months award on behalf of her colleagues.

Seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady handed Djokovic his fifth Laureus award for the world primary participant’s landmark 2023 tennis season, by which he equalled Margaret Courtroom’s file of 24 grand slam titles with wins on the Australian, French and US opens, in addition to reaching the Wimbledon ultimate.

Gymnast Simone Biles gained comeback of the 12 months after her 4 gold medals ultimately 12 months’s world championships, her first worldwide occasion since competing on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

England midfielder Jude Bellingham gained the world breakthrough of the 12 months after his stellar season at Actual Madrid, the primary footballer to take that accolade.

The Laureus Awards nominees had been chosen by media, with the winners decided by the 69 members of the Laureus World Sports activities Academy because the first awards had been introduced in 2000.

Trew joins Australian surfers Layne Beachley (2004) and Stephanie Gilmore (2010) in successful her class.

Louise Sauvage (2000 athlete with a incapacity), the Australian males’s cricket group (2001 group of the 12 months) and Daniel Ricciardo (2015 breakthrough athlete) are amongst Australia’s different winners on the awards night time.

2024 Laureus winners

World sportswoman of the 12 months: Aitana BonmatíWorld sportsman of the 12 months: Novak DjokovicWorld group of the 12 months: Spain Girls’s Soccer WorkforceWorld breakthrough of the 12 months: Jude BellinghamWorld comeback of the 12 months: Simone BilesWorld sportsperson of the 12 months with a incapacity: Diede de GrootWorld motion sportsperson of the 12 months: Arisa TrewLaureus sport for good: Rafa Nadal Basis

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