We Know Roger Federer as a Successful Tennis Player. But did you know that Federer is also a Great Humanist?

Roger Federer is a successful popular tennis player, born on August 8, 1981, near Basel, Switzerland. He has two citizenships, Swiss and South African. He spent his childhood in Munich near the French – German border. Federer speaks several languages: Swiss – German, German, French and English. Federer is married to former tennis player Mirka Federer, with whom he met in Switzerland where they competed together at the 2000 Olympic Games. She now works as his public relations manager. Federer and Mirka have 4 children, twins Miley Rose and Charlene Riva and twins Leo and Lenny. According to many tennis critics and his colleagues, he is considered the best tennis player of all time. Federer is known for the record number of 20 Grand Slam titles won, as well as many other records.

What few may know is that Federer has a non-profit organization, the Roger Federer Foundation, through which he constantly donates money to charity. Federer is involved in a number of humanitarian activities. He has provided education and food to about one million children through his foundation, most of them in Africa. The main goal of the foundation is to improve the education of children, especially in places where there is limited access. For the past 15 years, Federer has opened schools around the world. In Africa, 81 schools and over 50 preschools have been built. In 2006, Federer was appointed UNICEF Ambassador. In this Covid 19 pandemic that hit the world, Federer donated a million dollars for the most vulnerable families to provide meals for 64,000 children in Africa. The Federer Foundation helped with the procurement of medical equipment for hospitals in Switzerland with one million euros.

Interesting facts about Roger Federer

 

  • Roger Federer never gave up a match

Roger Federer has played over 1,500 matches in his career so far, but he has never withdrawn or canceled a match, not even due to injury after the match had already started.

 

  • Records, facts, numbers

Federer has the most Guinness World Records in a total of 29. In addition, he has the most weeks at the top of the ATP rankings (310), the most Grand Slam titles (20) and two Olympic medals (gold in doubles with Stan Wawrinka and silver in individual competition).

 

  • The cows Juliet and Desire

When Roger Federer won his first Wimbledon title in 2003, he received a cow as a gift from the residents of Gstad. She was named Juliet, and in 2013 she got another cow, this time named Desire before the start of the Swiss Open.

 

  • Quinn, Michael Jackson and Roxet

Asked what kind of music he wants to listen to, Federer, as a man born in the 1980s, admitted that he followed the “usual” artists – Queen, Michael Jackson and Roxet. However, in an interview last year, he admitted that he has been listening to more “DJ music” lately.

 

  • “Problems” with twins

Everyone knows that he and his wife Mirka are proud parents of two pairs of twins. Miley and Charlene were born in 2009 and Leo and Lenny in 2014. In addition, he is also the uncle of twins, as his sister Diana is also a parent of twins.

 

  • Stamps and streets

In 2007, he became the first living Swiss to have the honor of being on a postage stamp after the Swiss Post issued a 1 franc stamp. In 2012, the city of Halle, where he regularly prepares for Wimbledon, was renamed Roger Federer Alley. In 2016, the Swiss city of Bill named a street in his honor.

 

  • Hidden talent

Although Federer is a great tennis player, he knows how to play the piano. He attended piano lessons as a child.