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title: "Who has won the 2016 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award?"  
description: "Who has won the 2016 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award?"  
author: "Darshit Khatri"  
published: 2018-01-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33798/who-has-won-the-2016-laureus-world-sportsman-of-the-year-award  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["games", "general knowledge", "current affair"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who has won the 2016 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award? 

Who has won the 2016 Laureus [World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87368/the-mitrokhin-files-the-kgb-s-hidden-hand-in-world-affairs-part-1-infiltration) [Sportsman of the Year](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34399/who-won-the-laureus-sportsman-of-the-year-award) Award?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

**Laureus World Sportsman of the [Year Award](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72359/who-is-honored-with-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-2019)!**

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The **Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in 2016** was bagged by **Novak Djokovic**, **Serbia** in **Berlin**, **Germany**.

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Apart from this, Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in 2016 is also been bagged by a **Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias who is the resident of Brazil**, who was also been awarded the disabled sportsperson of the year. He bagged this award thrice…

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**Serena Williams** was also awarded this award…

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This award is also been referred as the **Oscar Award for Sports**, which is been awarded to acknowledge the achievements of the sporting personalities for the prior years.

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