<P> The inaugural winner of the award was the American golfer Tiger Woods who finished the 1999 season with eight wins , a feat not achieved since 1974 , including the PGA Championship . He went on to become the most dominant player of his era , earning a second Laureus Award the following year , and five further nominations between 2002 and 2008 . The 2003 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the American road cyclist Lance Armstrong . He had been nominated the previous year , and earned further nominations in 2004 , 2005 and 2006 . Following Armstrong 's 2013 admission of doping , all his Laureus awards and nominations were rescinded . Tennis players dominate the winners list , with nine awards , while athletes have won four times , Formula One drivers three times , and golfers twice . Excluding Armstrong , the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year has been won by just seven individuals since its inception . The 2018 winner of the Laureus Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer , who now has the most wins with five . </P>
<P> The inaugural winner of the award was the American golfer Tiger Woods who finished the 1999 season with eight wins , a feat not achieved since 1974 , including the PGA Championship . He went on to become the most dominant player of his era , earning a second Laureus Award the following year , and five further nominations between 2002 and 2008 . The 2003 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the American road cyclist Lance Armstrong . He had been nominated the previous year , and earned further nominations in 2004 , 2005 and 2006 . Following Armstrong 's 2013 admission of doping , all his Laureus awards and nominations were rescinded . Tennis players dominate the winners list , with nine awards , while athletes have won four times , Formula One drivers three times , and golfers twice . Excluding Armstrong , the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year has been won by just seven individuals since its inception . The 2018 winner of the Laureus Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year was the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer , who now has the most wins with five . </P>
who was named as a sports person of the year 2018
who was named as a sports person of the year 2018
Roger Federer
Roger Federer