Sports Icons is a proyect series of illustrations portraying the absolute best in sports. Those athletes that are so outstanding they have become icons, defining a before and after in their respective discipine,

 

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(born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who, as of April 2013, is ranked World No. 2 by theATP. Many sports analysts, tennis critics and former and current players consider Federer the greatest tennis player of all time. He owns several men's world records of the Open Era: holding the World No. 1 position for 302 weeks overall a 237-consecutive-week stretch at the top from 2004 to 2008 winning 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching the finals of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final eight times. He is one of seven men, and one of four in the Open Era, to capture the career Grand Slam, and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so separately on clay, grass, and hard courts. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_federer

(born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Consistently rated by commentators, coaches and colleagues as the best footballer in the world and as one of the greatest players in the history of the game, Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Ballons d'Or, all of which he won consecutively. Messi has won five La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. In March 2012, Messi made Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match.  Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_messi