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Publish 27 December 2008 in The Player - 83003 views

Rafa Nadal, best athlete of 2008 according to European agencies

Rafa Nadal was voted best European Athlete of the Year 2008, according to a survey of seventeen of the news agencies of the continent, including Efe. Nadal, winner in 2008, among other titles, tournaments Roland Garros and Wimbledon and the Olympic gold in Beijing,Rafael Nadal, mejor deportista europeo de 2008 según las agencias led the voting with 146 points, ahead of the pertiguista Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, European and Olympic champion (126) and British pilot Lewis Hamilton, Formula One world champion (101).

Alberto Contador, winner of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Spain, ranked seventh place with 36 points. Nadal is the first Spanish athlete who wins this poll, which since 1958 coordinates the Polish agency PAP. The shooting happened in the Swiss honors, including tennis, Roger Federer, winner of the previous four editions.


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Publish 03 September 2008 in The Player - 108874 views

With his first triumph in the ATP circuit, before the Paraguayan Delgado in Mallorca, with 15 years and 10 months, Rafael Nadal began writing one of the most beautiful pages in Spanish sport. Today, nearly seven years later, the Prince of Asturias Award recognizes an extraordinary career, yet to be written, it has risen to the top of world ranking after a course indelible 2008.

Premio Principe de Asturias de los DeportesNadal happens in the prize to German Michael Schumacher after winning (18, joined the 24 votes) to U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, the athlete with most Olympic gold medals (14) after eight conquered in Beijing, the Jamaican s[+]


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Wilmer: Te apoyamos Rafa..
Tomas: Nadal no tienes que demostrarle nada a ellos. como tu dices no pueden ni quieren dejar hacer las cosas bien.
Pepe: Paso a paso pero seguro, a ganar el Conde Godó
Amelia: Vamos mi Rafa ya es hora.
nadalek: me gustaria saber cual es la POCIMA DE DJOKOVIC..PARA AGUANTAR TODO FISICAMENTE desde hace 1 año.. cosa que antes NO.
nadalek: el problema de NADAL con DJOKOVIC .. es cuando juega corto.. o ESPECULA.. NADAL DEBE BASARSE EN SU REVÉS CRUZADO; SU DRIVE PARALELO..más continui ...
Sandro: Nadie le gana a Novak, es casi invencible se necesitaría otro Djokovic je je
Raul: Ya falta poco Rafa, seguro que Djokovic ya lo piensa mas..
Omar: Las distancias son mas cortas, Novak Justo Campeón pero cuando Rafa llegue a su nivel máximo, será otra historia...
Erick: Rafa de a poco le está encontrando la forma de enfrentar a Djokovic, lo tenia asustado..


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