the laureus academy has chosen roger federer i. never want to see his tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for a comeback of the year as well i wonder so easy because it's i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards me the war it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. for a second for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and catherine of it who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pantheon. copy what i would say back then there were only a few t.v. channels so people had no other choice what to watch when the olympics were on television