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Chris Hoy, who won the most recent award in 2008

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the titular award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, adjudged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. In November, a panel of thirty sports journalists each submit a list of ten contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees is determined—currently, in the event of a tie at the end of the nomination process, a panel of six former award winners determines the nominee by a Borda count. The shortlist is announced at the beginning of December, and the winner is determined on the night of the ceremony by a public telephone vote.[1]

Sports Personality of the Year was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show Sportsview. The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of Sportsview, and was presented by Peter Dimmock.[2] For the first show, voting were sent by postcard, and rules presented in a Radio Times article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the Sportsview programme since April. Approximately 14,500 votes were cast, and Christopher Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the inaugural BBC Sportsperson of the Year Award.[3] Since then, numerous other awards have been introduced to the ceremony, which now consists of eight awards.

Three people have won the award multiple times: boxer Henry Cooper and the Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have each won twice.[4] Snooker player Steve Davis has finished in the top three a record five times.[5] HRH The Princess Anne (1971) and her daughter Zara Phillips (2006) are the only pair of award-winners to be members of the same family. The oldest recipient of the award is Dai Rees, who won in 1957 aged 44. Ian Black, who won the following year, aged 17, is the youngest winner.[4] Out of the fifty-six recipients, thirteen have been female.[6] Sixteen sporting disciplines have been represented; athletics has the highest representation, with seventeen recipients.

Torvill and Dean, who won in 1984, are the only non-individual winners of the award. Counting them separately, there have been forty-six English winners of the award, four Scottish,[7] three Welsh,[8] and two Irish.[9][10] Greg Rusedski is the only winner who was not born in the British Isles, but he became a full British national in 1995.[11] The most recent award was presented in 2008 to Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy who, in winning three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, became the most successful British Olympian in 100 years.[12]

Winners

Anne, The Princess Royal, who was the winner in 1971
Sebastian Coe, who was the winner in 1979
Nigel Mansell, who won in 1986 and 1992, becoming one of three people to have won the award twice.
Damon Hill, who won in 1994 and 1996, becoming one of three people to have won the award twice.
Zara Phillips, winner in 2006 and daughter of Princess Anne who won in 1971.
 Year 
 Winner Sport Second Sport Third Sport Ref.
1954 England Christopher Chataway (ENG) Athletics England Roger Bannister (ENG) Athletics England Pat Smythe (ENG) Show jumping [13]
1955 England Gordon Pirie (ENG) Athletics No record [14] N/A No record [14] N/A [8]
1956 England Jim Laker (ENG) Cricket No record [14] N/A No record [14] N/A [15]
1957 Wales Dai Rees (WAL) Golf No record [14] N/A No record [14] N/A [8]
1958 Scotland Ian Black (SCO) Swimming England Bobby Charlton (ENG) Football England Nat Lofthouse (ENG) Football [16]
1959 England John Surtees (ENG) Motorcycle racing England Bobby Charlton (ENG) Football Scotland Ian Black (SCO) Swimming [17]
1960 Wales David Broome (WAL) Show jumping England Don Thompson (ENG) Athletics England Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) Swimming [18]
1961 England Stirling Moss (ENG) Formula One England Billy Walker (ENG) Boxing England Angela Mortimer (ENG) Tennis [19]
1962 England Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) Swimming England Dorothy Hyman (ENG) Athletics England Linda Ludgrove (ENG) Swimming [20]
1963 England Dorothy Hyman (ENG) Athletics Scotland Bobby McGregor (SCO) Swimming Scotland Jim Clark (SCO) Formula One [21]
1964 England Mary Rand (ENG) Athletics New Zealand Barry Briggs (NZL) Motorcycle racing England Ann Packer (ENG) Athletics [22]
1965 England Tom Simpson (ENG) Cycling Scotland Jim Clark (SCO) Formula One England Marion Coakes (ENG) Show jumping [23]
1966 England Bobby Moore (ENG) Football New Zealand Barry Briggs (NZL) Motorcycle racing England Geoff Hurst (ENG) Football [24]
1967 England Henry Cooper (ENG) Boxing England Beryl Burton (ENG) Cycling England Harvey Smith (ENG) Show jumping [25]
1968 England David Hemery (ENG) Athletics England Graham Hill (ENG) Formula One England Marion Coakes (ENG) Show jumping [26]
1969 England Ann Jones (ENG) Tennis England Tony Jacklin (ENG) Golf Northern Ireland George Best (NIR) Football [20]
1970 England Henry Cooper (ENG) Boxing England Tony Jacklin (ENG) Golf England Bobby Moore (ENG) Football [25]
1971 England Princess Anne[nb 1] (ENG) Eventing Northern Ireland George Best (NIR) Football Wales Barry John (WAL) Rugby union [28]
1972 Northern Ireland Mary Peters (NIR) Athletics England Gordon Banks (ENG) Football Wales Richard Meade (WAL) Eventing [9]
1973 Scotland Jackie Stewart (SCO) Formula One England Roger Taylor (ENG) Tennis Northern Ireland Paddy McMahon (NIR) Show jumping [7]
1974 England Brendan Foster (ENG) Athletics England John Conteh (ENG) Boxing Northern Ireland Willie John McBride (NIR) Rugby union [29]
1975 England David Steele (ENG) Cricket England Alan Pascoe (ENG) Athletics Scotland David Wilkie (SCO) Swimming [20]
1976 England John Curry (ENG) Figure skating England James Hunt (ENG) Formula One Scotland David Wilkie (SCO) Swimming [30]
1977 England Virginia Wade (ENG) Tennis England Geoffrey Boycott (ENG) Cricket England Barry Sheene (ENG) Motorcycle racing [20]
1978 England Steve Ovett (ENG) Athletics England Daley Thompson (ENG) Athletics England Ian Botham (ENG) Cricket [31]
1979 England Sebastian Coe (ENG) Athletics England Ian Botham (ENG) Cricket England Kevin Keegan (ENG) Football [20]
1980 England Robin Cousins (ENG) Figure skating England Sebastian Coe (ENG) Athletics England Daley Thompson (ENG) Athletics [30]
1981 England Ian Botham (ENG) Cricket England Steve Davis (ENG) Snooker England Sebastian Coe (ENG) Athletics [20]
1982 England Daley Thompson (ENG) Athletics Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (NIR) Snooker England Steve Cram (ENG) Athletics [20]
1983 England Steve Cram (ENG) Athletics England Torvill and Dean[nb 2] (ENG) Figure skating England Daley Thompson (ENG) Athletics [32]
1984 England Torvill and Dean[nb 2] (ENG) Figure skating England Sebastian Coe (ENG) Athletics England Steve Davis (ENG) Snooker [33]
1985 Republic of Ireland Barry McGuigan (IRE) Boxing England Ian Botham (ENG) Cricket England Steve Cram (ENG) Athletics [20]
1986 England Nigel Mansell (ENG) Formula One England Fatima Whitbread (ENG) Athletics Scotland Kenny Dalglish (SCO) Football [34]
1987 England Fatima Whitbread (ENG) Athletics England Steve Davis (ENG) Snooker Wales Ian Woosnam (WAL) Golf [35]
1988 England Steve Davis (ENG) Snooker England Adrian Moorhouse (ENG) Swimming Scotland Sandy Lyle (SCO) Golf [5]
1989 England Nick Faldo (ENG) Golf England Frank Bruno (ENG) Boxing England Steve Davis (ENG) Snooker [20]
1990 England Paul Gascoigne (ENG) Football Scotland Stephen Hendry (SCO) Snooker England Graham Gooch (ENG) Cricket [36]
1991[nb 3] Scotland Liz McColgan (SCO) Athletics England Will Carling (ENG) Rugby union England Gary Lineker (ENG) Football [7]
1992 England Nigel Mansell (ENG) Formula One England Linford Christie (ENG) Athletics England Sally Gunnell (ENG) Athletics [39]
1993 England Linford Christie (ENG) Athletics England Sally Gunnell (ENG) Athletics England Nigel Mansell (ENG) CART [40]
1994 England Damon Hill (ENG) Formula One England Sally Gunnell (ENG) Athletics Wales Colin Jackson (WAL) Athletics [41]
1995 England Jonathan Edwards (ENG) Athletics England Frank Bruno (ENG) Boxing Scotland Colin McRae (SCO) Rallying [42]
1996[nb 4] England Damon Hill (ENG) Formula One England Steve Redgrave (ENG) Rowing Italy Frankie Dettori (ITA) Horse racing [45]
1997 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski (GBR) Tennis England Tim Henman (ENG) Tennis England Steve Redgrave (ENG) Rowing [46]
1998 England Michael Owen (ENG) Football England Denise Lewis (ENG) Athletics Wales Iwan Thomas (WAL) Athletics [30]
1999 England Lennox Lewis (ENG) Boxing England David Beckham (ENG) Football Wales Colin Jackson (WAL) Athletics [47]
2000 England Steve Redgrave (ENG) Rowing England Denise Lewis (ENG) Athletics Wales Tanni Grey-Thompson (WAL) Athletics [48]
2001 England David Beckham (ENG) Football England Ellen MacArthur (ENG) Sailing England Michael Owen (ENG) Football [49]
2002 England Paula Radcliffe (ENG) Athletics England David Beckham (ENG) Football Northern Ireland Tony McCoy (NIR) Horse racing [50]
2003 England Jonny Wilkinson (ENG) Rugby union England Martin Johnson (ENG) Rugby union England Paula Radcliffe (ENG) Athletics [51]
2004 England Kelly Holmes (ENG) Athletics England Matthew Pinsent (ENG) Rowing England Andrew Flintoff (ENG) Cricket [52]
2005 England Andrew Flintoff (ENG) Cricket England Ellen MacArthur (ENG) Sailing England Steven Gerrard (ENG) Football [53]
2006 England Zara Phillips (ENG) Eventing Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (NIR) Golf England Beth Tweddle (ENG) Gymnastics [54]
2007 Wales Joe Calzaghe (WAL) Boxing England Lewis Hamilton (ENG) Formula One England Ricky Hatton (ENG) Boxing [55]
2008 Scotland Chris Hoy (SCO) Cycling England Lewis Hamilton (ENG) Formula One England Rebecca Adlington (ENG) Swimming [12]

By nationality

This table lists the total number of awards won by nationality based on the principle of jus soli.

Nationality First place(s) Second place(s) Third place(s)
 England 45[nb 2] 44[nb 2] 33
 Scotland 4 3 7
 Wales 3 0 7
 Northern Ireland 1 3 4
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0
 New Zealand 0 2 0
 Italy 0 0 1
Unknown 1 3 3

By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by recipient's sporting profession.

Sporting
profession 		First place(s) Second place(s) Third place(s)
Athletics 17 13 12
Formula One 6 5 2
Boxing 5 4 1
Football 4 6 9
Cricket 4 3 3
Tennis 3 2 1
Figure skating 3[nb 2] 1[nb 2] 0
Golf 2 3 2
Swimming 2 2 6
Cycling 2 1 0
Eventing 2 0 1
Snooker 1 4 2
Rugby union 1 2 2
Rowing 1 2 1
Show jumping 1 0 5
Motorcycle racing 1 2 1
Sailing 0 2 0
Horse racing 0 0 2
Gymnastics 0 0 1
Rallying 0 0 1
Unknown 0 3 3

By number of accolades

The below table lists all people who have finished in the top three places more than once.

Recipient First place(s) Second place(s) Third place(s)
Nigel Mansell 2 0 1
Henry Cooper 2 0 0
Damon Hill 2 0 0
Steve Davis 1 2 2
Ian Botham 1 2 1
Sebastian Coe 1 2 1
David Beckham 1 2 0
Daley Thompson 1 1 2
Steve Redgrave 1 1 1
Linford Christie 1 1 0
Dorothy Hyman 1 1 0
Torvill and Dean 1 1 0
Fatima Whitbread 1 1 0
Steve Cram 1 0 2
Ian Black 1 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 1 0 1
Anita Lonsbrough 1 0 1
Bobby Moore 1 0 1
Michael Owen 1 0 1
Paula Radcliffe 1 0 1
Sally Gunnell 0 2 1
Barry Briggs 0 2 0
Frank Bruno 0 2 0
Bobby Charlton 0 2 0
Lewis Hamilton 0 2 0
Tony Jacklin 0 2 0
Denise Lewis 0 2 0
Ellen MacArthur 0 2 0
George Best 0 1 1
Jim Clark 0 1 1
Marion Coakes 0 0 2
Colin Jackson 0 0 2
David Wilkie 0 0 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ As a titled royal, Anne does not hold, nor ever has held, a surname. Before her marriage on 14 November 1973, her surname when required was her maiden name, Mountbatten-Windsor.[27]
  2. ^ a b c d e f Torvill and Dean refers to the English figure skating pair of Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean. For the summary tables each individual is counted as winning half an award, so together they are treated as one winner of the award.[21]
  3. ^ In 1991 Bob Nudd received the most votes—at over 100,000—following a campaign in the Angling Times.[37] However the BBC deemed this to be against the rules and "discarded all the ballots cast on forms printed in the Angling Times".[38]
  4. ^ In 1996 Justin Fashanu was disqualified from the award following a campaign in the Gay Times.[43][44]

References

General
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