BBC Sports Personality of the Year
List of given awards
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Award

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Description[8]

Current holder (2019)

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

1954

Awarded to the sportsperson "whose actions have most captured the public's imagination"

Ben Stokes

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year

1960

Awarded to the sportsperson "who has made the greatest impression in the world of sport"

Eliud Kipchoge

BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award

1960

Awarded to the team with the most notable achievement in British sport.

England Cricket Team

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award

1996

Awarded to a sportsperson "who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime"

Tanni Grey-Thompson

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award

1999

Awarded to the coach who is adjudged to have made the most impact on British sport

John Blackie

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award

1999

Awarded to someone who has shown "outstanding achievement in the face of adversity"

Doddie Weir

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

1999

Awarded to a young sportsperson who has made an outstanding contribution to British sport

Caroline Dubois

BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award

2003

Awarded to someone who "has given their time and talents for free to enable others to participate in sport"

Kieren Thompson

BBC Sports Personality Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year

2018

Awarded to the sporting moment that has "most captured the UK public's imagination"

2019 England Win at the Cricket World Cup Final

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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony , which takes place each December . The winner is the sportsperson , judged 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 . The winner is selected by a public-vote from a pre-determined shortlist . The most recent award winner is cricketer Ben Stokes , who won in 2019 . 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 . For the first show , votes 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 Sportsview 's Personality of the Year Award . Four people have won the award more than once : tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times ( in addition to the Young Sports Personality and Team awards ) , while boxer Henry Cooper and Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have each won twice . Snooker player Steve Davis and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton have finished in the top three a record five times ( one win ) . Eight people have twice finished second without ever winning , including Bobby Charlton and Sally Gunnell ( Gunnell also finished third once ) .
Benjamin Andrew Stokes OBE ( born 4 June 1991 ) is an English international cricketer and current vice-captain of the England Test team . Stokes was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup . Born in Christchurch , New Zealand , Stokes moved to northern England with his parents at the age of 12 , where he learnt the game and began playing club cricket for local teams . He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm fast-medium pace and bats left-handed . An attacking middle-order batsman , he holds the record for England 's fastest ever Test double-century , the fastest ever Test match 250 , and the highest ever score for a Test batsman batting at number six . He also holds the record for the most runs scored by an individual batsman in the morning session of a Test match . Stokes became the highest-paid overseas player in the history of the Indian Premier League in 2017 , fetching a record contract of ₹145 million ( $ 2.1 million or £1.7 million ) ; he won the Most Valuable Player award during the season . In January 2020 , Stokes was awarded with the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) .
The BBC World Sport Star of the Year ( formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year ) is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony . The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year . The award was decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists . Each panellist voted for their top two choices ; their first preference was awarded two points , and their second preference was awarded one point . The winning sportsperson had the most total points . In the case of a points tie , the sportsperson chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner . If this is also a tie the award is shared . In 2015 the public voted for this award . The Overseas Personality award was first presented in 1960 , six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced . The first recipient of the award was Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott . Since then , the award has been presented to 49 sportspersons . Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has won the award four times .
Eliud Kipchoge EGH ( English : /ˌɛliˈuːd kɪpˈtʃoʊɡə/ EL-ee-OOD kip-CHOH-gə ; born 5 November 1984 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly the 5000 metres . He is the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:39 , set on 16 September 2018 , at the 2018 Berlin Marathon . His run broke the previous world record by 1 minute and 18 seconds . Described as the greatest marathoner of the modern era , Kipchoge has won 12 of the 13 marathons he has entered . Kipchoge won his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and setting a world junior record over 5000 m on the track . At the age of eighteen , he became the senior 5000 m world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics with a championships record , then followed with an Olympic bronze for Kenya in 2004 and a bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships . A five-time World Championship 5000 m finalist , Kipchoge took silver medals at the 2007 World Championships , 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games . He switched to road running in 2012 and made the second-fastest ever half marathon debut with 59:25 minutes . On his marathon debut he won the 2013 Hamburg Marathon in a course record time . His first victory at a World Marathon Major came at the Chicago Marathon in 2014 , and he went on to become series champion for 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019 . He won the London Marathon a record 4 times , and won the Olympic marathon in 2016 . His only loss in a marathon was a second place behind Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon , where Kipsang broke the world record .
The BBC Sports Team of the Year Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December . Currently , the award is given [ f ] or the team in an individual sport or sporting discipline that has achieved the most notable performance in the calendar year to date . The team should have significant UK interest or involvement . From 2012 the award 's recipient is decided by an expert panel selected by the BBC . For some years before 2012 a panel of over 30 sporting journalists , each of whom voted for their top two choices and followed a defined set of voting criteria . Before that , the winner of the Team of the Year Award has been chosen by public vote and picked by listeners of Radio 5 Live . The Team of the Year Award was first presented in 1960 , six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced . The first recipient of the award was the Cooper Formula One Racing team . The England national rugby union team and the Ryder Cup team have won the award the most times ; both teams have won five times and have shared the award on one of those occasions . Liverpool F.C . have won the award three times . The award has been shared on two occasions - by the British women 's 4 x 400 m relay team and the British Ryder Cup team in 1969 , and by the England national rugby union team and the British men 's 4 x 400 m relay team in 1991 .
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket . Since 1997 , it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB ) , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club ( the MCC ) since 1903 . England , as a founding nation , is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) with Test , One Day International ( ODI ) and Twenty20 International ( T20I ) status . Until the 1990s , Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right . England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match ( 15-19 March 1877 ) , and along with South Africa , these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference ( the predecessor to today 's International Cricket Council ) on 15 June 1909 . England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971 . England 's first T20I was played on 13 June 2005 , once more against Australia . As of 16 February 2020 [ update ] , England have played 1,022 Test matches , winning 371 and losing 304 ( with 347 draws ) . In Test series against Australia , England play for The Ashes , one of the most famous trophies in all of sport , and they have won the urn on 32 occasions . England have also played 746 ODIs , winning 375 . They have appeared in the final of the Cricket World Cup four times , winning once in 2019 ; they have also finished as runners-up in two ICC Champions Trophies ( 2004 and 2013 ) . England have played 117 T20Is , winning 58 .
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December . The award is given to a sportsperson who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime . The winner is selected by BBC Sport . When football manager Alex Ferguson won the award in 2001 , the BBC described the award as a new accolade to be presented annually ; however , two people had already received the Lifetime Achievement Award . The inaugural recipient of the award was Frank Bruno in 1996 , who won it after his retirement from boxing that year . Bruno was the favourite to win the main award in 1995 , but lost to Damon Hill , causing many to criticise his Lifetime Achievement Award as being a consolation award . Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros won the award the following year , but after that the award was not presented for three years . The award has been presented annually since Ferguson ended the hiatus in 2001 . Five of the eleven recipients have been associated with football ; tennis and golf are the only other sports to have been represented more than once . Tennis player Martina Navratilova was the first woman to have won the award . The only recipient of the award on multiple occasions is Ballesteros who won in 1997 and again in 2009 , for his contribution to golf winning the Open three times , the Masters twice as well as playing an inspirational role in the Ryder Cup . The most recent winner , in 2018 , was American tennis player Billie Jean King .
Carys Davina Grey-Thompson , Baroness Grey-Thompson , DBE , DL ( born 26 July 1969 ) , known as Tanni Grey-Thompson , is a Welsh politician , television presenter and former wheelchair racer . She has also been the Chancellor of Northumbria University since July 2015 . Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida and is a wheelchair user . She is one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK . She graduated from Loughborough University in 1991 with a BA ( Hons ) degree in Politics and Social Administration .
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December . The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribution to British sport in that year . The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists . Each panellist votes for their top two choices ; their first preference is awarded two points , and their second preference is awarded one point . The winning coach is the one with the largest points total . In the case of a points tie , the person chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner . If this is also a tie the award is shared . The first recipient of the award was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in 1999 . The award has been presented to a football manager on nine occasions . It has been awarded to nine Britons , and ten of the other thirteen winners were European . Daniel Anderson , the only winner from the Southern Hemisphere , was in his native Australia at the time of the awards , so the then St. Helens captain , Paul Sculthorpe , collected it on his behalf . In 2007 , Enzo Calzaghe was the first recipient of the award who had coached an individual and not a team .
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December . The award is given for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity , and the winner is selected by BBC Sport . The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason , who died in August 1999 at the age of 43 after suffering from cancer for two years . Helen Rollason was the first female presenter of Grandstand . After being diagnosed with cancer , she helped raise over £5 million to set up a cancer wing at the North Middlesex Hospital , where she received most of her treatment . The inaugural recipient of the award was horse trainer Jenny Pitman , in 1999 . Other winners include South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius , who won the award in 2007 . Several recipients have not played a sport professionally , including : Jane Tomlinson , who won in 2002 , Kirsty Howard ( 2004 ) , Phil Packer ( 2009 ) , Anne Williams , who received the award posthumously in 2013 , and eight-year-old Bailey Matthews ( 2015 ) . Michael Watson , who won the award in 2003 , had a career in boxing but was paralysed and almost killed in a title bout with Chris Eubank . He won the award for completing the London Marathon , an accomplishment that took him six days . Former footballer Geoff Thomas won the award in 2005 ; he raised money by cycling the 2,200 miles of the 2005 Tour de France course in the same number of days as the professionals completed it . In 2006 , the award was given posthumously to Paul Hunter , who died from dozens of malignant neuroendocrine tumours - his widow Lindsay accepted the award on his behalf .
George Wilson Doddie Weir OBE ( born 4 July 1970 ) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played as a lock . He made 61 international appearances for the Scotland national team . The Doddie Weir Cup is named after him .
The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award is presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony . It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 17 or under as of 1 January of that year , who has made the most outstanding contribution to sport in that year . Nominees are generally British . Non-Britons are eligible if they are UK resident , play a significant amount of sport in the United Kingdom , and their core achievements for the year took place in the UK , and were not done with a non-UK national team . All winners to date have been British . Nominations are put forward via Youth Sport Trust , and a judging panel then decides on a ten-person shortlist . The panel later reconvenes to choose the top three , and decides on the winner by secret ballot . The Young Sports Personality of the Year award was preceded by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award , in which the recipients could be aged up to 25 . Decathlete Dean Macey was the inaugural winner of the Newcomer Award in 1999 , and racing driver Jenson Button was the second and last winner the following year . In 2001 , the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year , and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award . Scottish tennis player Andy Murray , who won in 2004 , is the only non-English recipient of the award . The only person to win the award more than once is diver Tom Daley , who won the award three times , in 2007 , 2009 , and 2010 , and was nominated to the ten-person shortlist in five successive years ( 2007-2011 ) .
The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December . The award is given to the sportsperson who has made a substantive yet unrecognised contribution to sport . Sportspeople are nominated by the public , and must be aged 16 years or over on 1 January that year . Nominees may not put themselves forward or be nominated by a member of their immediate family . A nominee must actively help others participate in a sport at any level on a voluntary basis . The work they do must not be part of their job or take part within their places of work , and they must not be a participant in the sporting group they are helping . Previous winners of the award are ineligible for nomination . One winner is selected from each of the twelve BBC English Regions , and the three national regions : BBC Scotland , BBC Wales , and BBC Northern Ireland . A judging panel then chooses the Unsung Hero winner from the fifteen regional winners . The inaugural winner in 2003 was 63-year-old Nobby Woodcock , for his unstinting work with grassroots football in Wales . Of the fourteen recipients to date , four were chosen for their contributions to football ; the other recipients contributed towards boxing , basketball , athletics , swimming , and the Special Olympics . Three of the fourteen winners have each been put forward from the BBC East Midlands and BBC South regions and two from the BBC East region .
The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at Lord 's in London , England , on 14 July 2019 to determine the winner of the 2019 Cricket World Cup . It was contested by the runners-up from the previous tournament , New Zealand , and the host nation , England . It was the fifth time Lord 's hosted the Cricket World Cup Final , the most of any ground . The two teams were tied on 241 runs at the end of the match , resulting in a Super Over being played to break the tie . On the final ball of New Zealand 's Super Over , after equalling the 15 runs England managed in their over , Martin Guptill attempted to score the winning run but was run out by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler , meaning the Super Over was also tied . England won on the boundary count back rule , having scored 26 boundaries to New Zealand 's 17 , thus becoming Cricket World Cup winners for the first time . It was the first time a One Day International final match required a Super Over , and subsequently the first time it had been decided by a boundary count . The match has been described as one of the greatest and most dramatic in the history of the sport , with some analysts describing it as the greatest match in the history of one-day cricket .