Question: who won the laureus 2017 sportman of the year award
Answer: all Valentino Rossi ( ITA ) -- MotoGP Tiger Woods ( USA ) -- golf 2007 Federer , Roger Roger Federer SUI Tennis Fernando Alonso ( ESP ) -- Formula One Fabio Cannavaro ( ITA ) -- football Asafa Powell ( JAM ) -- athletics Michael Schumacher ( GER ) -- Formula One Tiger Woods ( USA ) -- golf 2008 Federer , Roger Roger Federer SUI Tennis Tyson Gay ( USA ) -- athletics Kaká ( BRA ) -- football Michael Phelps ( USA ) -- swimming Kimi Räikkönen ( FIN ) -- Formula One Tiger Woods ( USA ) -- golf 2009 Bolt , Usain Usain Bolt JAM Athletics Lewis Hamilton ( GBR ) -- Formula One Rafael Nadal ( ESP ) -- tennis Michael Phelps ( USA ) -- swimming Cristiano Ronaldo ( POR ) -- football Valentino Rossi ( ITA ) -- MotoGP Bolt , Usain Usain Bolt JAM Athletics Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH ) -- athletics Alberto Contador ( ESP ) -- cycling Roger Federer ( SUI ) -- tennis Lionel Messi ( ARG ) -- football Valentino Rossi ( ITA ) -- MotoGP 2011 Nadal , Rafael Rafael Nadal ESP Tennis Kobe Bryant ( USA ) -- basketball Andrés Iniesta ( ESP ) -- football