Saturday 16 December 2017

Roger Federer won 2017 BBC Overseas Sports Personality award

Roger Federer won  2017 BBC Overseas Sports Personality award

he won it for record fourth time

Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times

he as a  record to win 19 Grand Slam titles in 2017.

Boxer Muhammad Ali and athlete Usain Bolt are the only other people to have won the BBC award three times.

 American football quarterback Tom Brady, swimmer Katie Ledecky, para-athlete Tatyana McFadden, athlete Sally Pearson, and darts player Michael van Gerwen were the other nominees

Roger Federer is a Swiss tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

he has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, five Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles and one French Open title.

He is among only eight men to have captured a career Grand Slam and has reached a record 29 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including ten in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open.


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