World Sports Photography Award Winner
World Sports Photography Awards has announced the winners of its 2025 competition, highlighting showstopping moments from a host of sporting events. The competition included the work of over 2,200 professional sports photographers from over 96 countries around the world. In total, more than 13,000 images were submitted this year.
Coming out on top and earning the overall gold award was Tahiti-based French photographer Jérôme Brouillette. His image of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medine, titled “Golden Moment”, was captured on the third day of the surfing event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Teahupo’o. Petr Slavik earned a silver medal for “Heaven”, while Anton Anestić earned a bronze award overall for “Zebra Crossing”.
In addition to the three overall winners, the competition awarded individual gold, bronze, silver and special merit awards in 24 sports categories. Those categories include specific sports such as rugby, tennis and Formula 1, as well as broader groups such as martial arts, athletics, aquatics and winter sports. It also highlights venues or scenes from sporting events in a separate category. You can view all category winners in the contest website,
World Sports Photography Awards: Gold
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Photographer Jerome Brouillette earned overall gold for capturing Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medin after riding the best wave of the day for a perfect ride during the 2024 Olympic surfing competition in Teahupo’o.
Photographer: jerome brouillette
Topic: “Golden Moment”
World Sports Photography Awards: Silver
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Petr Slavik earned silver overall with his image of biathlete Deidra Irwin running in the clouds at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Utah.
Photographer: petr slavic
Topic: “Heaven”
World Sports Photography Awards: Bronze
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Anton Anesteev earned overall bronze with his image of an epic zebra crossing Iain Duncan’s Datsun 280Z during the East Africa Safari Classic.
Photographer: anton anesteev
Topic: “Zebra crossing”
World Sports Photography Awards: Basketball Gold
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Earning gold in the basketball category, Andrew Hancock captured a perfect reflection during NC State’s impressive win over Duke during March Madness 2024, earning the team a berth in the Final Four.
Photographer: Andrew Hancock
Topic: “Seeing Double”
World Sports Photography Awards: Cycling Gold
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Wout van Aert’s image of Gaëtan Flamme passing in front of a butcher’s shop earned him a gold medal in the cycling category.
Photographer: gaten flamme
Topic: “butcher”
World Sports Photography Awards: American Football Gold
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Kevin Sabitas earned a gold medal in the American football category by capturing a key moment in the Greenbay Packers vs. Chicago Bears game.
Photographer: Kevin Sabitas
Topic: “To the pylon”
World Sports Photography Awards: Locations & Scenery Gold
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Loic Venans’ gold-winning image in the Venue and View category shows the moon rising behind the Olympic rings over the Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 22, 2024, just before the Olympic Games begin.
Photographer: Loic Venance
Topic: “Olympic Moonlight”
World Sports Photography Awards: Urban & Extreme Gold
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Marton Mons caught a climber facing the sun on the second day of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, earning gold in the urban and extreme category.
Photographer: Marten Mons
Topic: “Icarus”
World Sports Photography Awards: Football Gold
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A perfectly timed shot by Max Kroos for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim earned them the gold medal in the football category.
Photographer: max krause
Topic: “Dove of Peace”
World Sports Photography Awards: Baseball Gold
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Mike Carlson took over Wesley Chapel High School’s baseball team that won a regional championship and advanced to the FHSAA Final Four, earning him gold in the baseball category.
Photographer: mike carlson
Topic: “Victory and Defeat”
World Sports Photography Awards: Rugby Gold
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Romain Perrochio earned a gold medal in the rugby category after defeating a player from Monaco’s rugby sevens team in the third round of the Supersevens tournament held in Pau.
Photographer: Romain Perrochio
Topic: “Untitled”
World Sports Photography Awards: Swimming and Diving Gold
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Image of Shinya Tanaka earning a gold medal in the swimming and diving category at the World Aquatic Championships in Doha on February 9, 2024.
Photographer: Shinya Tanaka
Topic: “Diving on Aspiration”
World Sports Photography Awards: Formula 1
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Thomas Lamm drove Lando Norris to victory during the Singapore Grand Prix and earned the gold medal in the Formula 1 category.
Photographer: thomas lam
Topic: “Push with the lights”
World Sports Photography Awards: Racquet Sports Gold
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Tom Weller earned a gold medal in the racket sports category by holding off Borussia Düsseldorf’s Timo Boll during the men’s DTTB Pokal semifinal at the Ratiopharm Arena in Ulm, Germany on January 07.
Photographer: tom weller
Topic: “Forehand”
