News for December 23

Follow-up from yesterday - News agency selects Indurain as best sportsman 1995

Miguel Indurain was almost unanimously elected as best sportsman both in Spain and in the world 1995 after a ballot by the Spanish news agency Efe.

Marathon world champion Martin Fiz was second in the Spanish vote and Abraham Olano third.

Second after Indurain in the best in the world category was triple jump world champion Jonathan Edwards and tennis player Steffi Graf came in third place.

World category:

 1 Miguel Indurain      253 pts
 2 Jonathan Edwards      84
 3 Steffi Graf           53
 4 Pete Sampras          52
 5 Michael Schumacher    34
 6 Michael Jordan        29
 7 A. Sabonis            19
 8 M. Johnson            18
 9 E. Francescoli        10
10 A. Tomba              10
11 H. Boulmerka           6
12 C. McRae               6
13 A. Olano               6
14 M. Petrova             6
15 I. Pedroso             3
16 C. Sainz               3

Spanish category:

 1 Miguel Indurain       166
 2 Martin Fiz            155
 3 Abraham Olano          96
 4 J.A. San Epifanio      60
 5 C. Martinez            49
 6 Raul Gonzalez          29
 7 A. Sanchez              9
 8 J. Carballo             6
 9 C. Sainz                6
10 A. Serrano              6
11 R. Garcia               3
12 Julen Guerrero          3
13 Ivan de la Pena         3
14 J. Tarres               3