Roger Federer is a professional award-winning tennis player.
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Laureus World Sports Awards : Sportsman of the Year . Roger Federer . He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games . Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre .