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Princess Anne (1971) and her daughter Zara Phillips (2006) are the only 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. [3]
In 1960 Dimmock presented the show, and introduced two new awards: [30] the Team of the Year award and the Overseas Personality award, won by the Cooper Car Company and athlete Herb Elliott respectively. [33] David Coleman joined the show the following year and remained a co-presenter until 1983. [34]
Pages in category "BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
0–9. 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award; 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award; 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award; 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
The nominees for the main award, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, were announced on 9 December. [5] Voting took place on 17 December during the show. The judging panel included athletes Laura Kenny, Iwan Thomas, Ade Adepitan, Nedum Onuoha and Rory Best, broadcaster Eilidh Barbour, The Athletic's Laura Williamson, PA Media's Eleanor Crooks and CEO of Women in Sport, Stephanie Hilborne.
Personality of the year is a title awarded by a number of organisations or publications, such as: BBC Sports Personality of the Year; RTÉ Sports Person of the Year; IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award; Indian Telly Award for Best Television Personality of the Year; Radio Music Awards; Radio and Records
The inaugural recipient of the award was Frank Bruno in 1996, who won it after his retirement from boxing that year. [4] Bruno was the favourite to win the main award in 1995, but lost to Damon Hill, [5] causing many to criticise his Lifetime Achievement Award as being a consolation award.
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).