Marca Leyenda

Marca Leyenda (Marca legend) is an award given by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the best sport professionals in history. Since its inception in 1997 over 40 people have received this award.

List of winners
Date Winner Sport
29 July 2019 Cristiano Ronaldo[1] Football
7 March 2019 Javier Fernández[2] Figure skating
14 December 2018 Juan Carlos Navarro Basketball
8 November 2018 Bob Beamon Athletics
4 April 2018 Hugo Sánchez Football
11 December 2017 Marc Márquez Motorcycle sport
15 December 2016 Luis Suárez[3] Football
1 May 2016 Novak Djokovic Tennis
2 December 2015 Xavi Hernandez[4] Football
9 September 2014 Javier Gomez Triathlon
2 June 2012 Fernando Torres Football
14 March 2012 Franz Beckenbauer Football
10 November 2011 Fernando Hierro Football
8 August 2011 Andrés Iniesta Football
14 April 2011 Fabio Capello Football
1 April 2011 Ronaldo Football
16 December 2010 David Stern Basketball
28 November 2010 Fernando Alonso Auto racing
2 June 2010 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball
27 May 2010 Edurne Pasaban Mountaineering
16 March 2010 Muhammad Ali Boxing
16 November 2009 Paolo Maldini Football
19 October 2009 Kaká Football
27 September 2009 Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Auto racing
31 August 2009 Usain Bolt Athletics
30 June 2009 Federico Martín Bahamontes Road bicycle racing
29 April 2009 Lionel Messi Football
3 March 2009 Raúl González Football
15 December 2008 Rafael Nadal Tennis
15 December 2008 Juan Carlos I Others
24 October 2008 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle sport
20 August 2008 Michael Phelps Swimming
1 July 2008 Luis Aragonés Football
30 January 2008 Zinedine Zidane Football
5 December 2007 Francisco Gento Football
18 October 2007 Roger Federer Tennis
25 September 2006 Pau Gasol Basketball
7 July 2005 John McEnroe Tennis
6 March 2005 Sergey Bubka Athletics
28 January 2005 Haile Gebrselassie Athletics
25 November 2004 Manolo Santana Tennis
18 October 2004 Andre Agassi Tennis
22 May 2002 Daijiro Kato Motorcycle sport
2 April 2002 Mark Spitz Swimming
6 January 2002 Magic Johnson Basketball
4 June 2001 Juanito Oiarzabal Mountaineering
1 March 2001 Michael Schumacher Auto racing
26 July 2000 Eddy Merckx Road bicycle racing
7 May 2000 Niki Lauda Auto racing
26 December 1999 Carl Lewis Athletics
11 November 1999 Ángel Nieto Motorcycle sport
5 October 1999 Alfredo Di Stéfano Football
1 October 1999 Diego Armando Maradona Football
21 September 1999 Juan Antonio Samaranch International Olympic Committee
21 June 1999 Johan Cruyff Football
11 January 1999 Seve Ballesteros Golf
27 November 1998 Pete Sampras Tennis
20 July 1998 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tennis
17 June 1998 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing
28 March 1998 Carlos Sainz Auto racing
23 March 1998 Nadia Comăneci Artistic gymnastics
22 January 1998 Manel Estiarte Waterpolo
18 December 1997 Garry Kasparov Chess
11 December 1997 Miguel Indurain Road bicycle racing
27 November 1997 Michael Doohan Motorcycle sport
15 November 1997 Pelé Football
16 October 1997 Michael Jordan Basketball

References
  1. "Cristiano Ronaldo recibe el MARCA Leyenda" (in Spanish). MARCA. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. "Javier Fernández recibe el MARCA Leyenda, en directo" (in Spanish). MARCA. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "Luis Suárez recibió el MARCA Leyenda - Marca.com". Marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. MARCA.com (2 December 2015). "El Maestro Xavi ya es MARCA Leyenda". MARCA.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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