Roger Federer voted BBC Overseas Sports Personality for fourth time

Friday, 15 December 2017 16:00

Roger Federer is no stranger to breaking records and it has been confirmed that he has made another world first.

The 36-year-old Swiss tennis star has been voted as 2017 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year – the fourth time he has picked up the accolade.

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

This year Federer was up against Tom Brady (American football), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Tatyana McFadden (Para-athletics), Sally Pearson (athletics) and Michael van Gerwen (darts) in the vote carried out on the BBC Sport website.

He became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles in 2017.

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