Nelson Mandella

‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

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‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

The brilliant young skier won 11 races to take her first Overall World Cup, and her fourth Slalom title in five years. She also won her third straight World Championship Slalom gold, the first to achieve this since 1939, plus silver in the Giant Slalom. In 2014, she was the youngest ever Olympic Slalom gold medallist at 18.

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