Claim: 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was won by Andy Murray of Tennis (who ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016), garnering 33.1% of the votes ahead of other sports personalities such as Alistair Brownlee, Nick Skelton, and Mo Farah.
Evidence: Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a sixteen-person shortlist; the winner was Tennis player Andy Murray, who became the first person to win the award three times. Andy Murray Tennis Won his second singles Wimbledon title, reached the singles finals of both the Australian Open and French Open, defended his singles title at the Olympics (the first player ever to do so), won the year-ending World Tour Finals and became the first ever Briton to top the computerised ATP singles rankings. 247,419 (33.1%) Alistair Brownlee Triathlon Won a second successive Olympic title in the men's triathlon, thus becoming the first competitor (man or woman) in Olympic history to defend the triathlon title. 121,665 (16.3%) Nick Skelton Equestrian Won the Olympic individual show jumping competition at the age of 58, thus becoming the oldest champion in Olympic equestrian history and the oldest British Olympic champion in 108 years. 109,197 (14.6%) Mo Farah Athletics Became the first athlete in 40 years to achieve the long distance "double-double" (5,000 / 10,000 metres) at the Olympics. Also became the first athlete to win nine global outdoor long-distance titles on the track, both consecutively and outright. 54,476 (7.3%) 1 in 2016. Murray was ranked in the top 10 for all but one month from July 2008 through October 2017, and finished no lower than No.