Marc Márquez nominated for the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year award

Rider Marc Márquez has been nominated for the 2014 Laureus Awards, so the MotoGP rider joins some of the most outstanding figures in international sport across all fields and disciplines. Márquez is specifically nominated for the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award after winning the MotoGP World Champion title in his debut season.

By Gloria1 March 2014 · 2 min read

The rider Marc Márquez has been nominated for the 2014 Laureus Awards, so the MotoGP rider joins some of the most outstanding figures in international sport across all fields and disciplines.

Márquez is specifically nominated for the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award after winning the MotoGP World Champion title in his debut year, as a rookie and on his first attempt, undoubtedly a true revelation for the queen category of motorcycle racing.

Alongside the 93, there are other nominees in different categories including renowned athletes such as Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel and Tiger Woods. So with many elite athletes nominated for these awards, we will now have to wait to see whether Márquez is one of the winners of this edition.

Edwin Moses, President of the Laureus World Sports Academy:

I had never seen such a potentially close competition across so many categories. There is a wonderful balance between some of the great names who have dominated sport for many years and some interesting newcomers, such as Missy Franklin and Marc Márquez.

Below you can see the nominees alongside Marc Márquez in the Breakthrough of the Year category:

Afghanistan Cricket Team – Its members learned cricket in refugee camps; in 2013 they reached their first final in the World Cup.
Marc Márquez (Spain) – Motorcycle racing – He is the youngest MotoGP World Champion ever. He won the title at 20 years and 266 days old.
Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) Athletics – He is the first German to win the World Championship in pole vault.
Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Cycling – first Tour de France debutant to finish on the podium since 1996.
Justin Rose (United Kingdom) Golf – won his first Major Championship, the U.S. Open, at the age of 32.
Adam Scott (Australia) Golf – He is the first Australian winner in the 77-year history of the Masters Tournament.

The 2014 winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards will be announced in Kuala Lumpur on March 26th.

Source | MotoGP Official website