BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sport Awards. Five people have won the award more than once: tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times. Princess Anne and her daughter Zara Phillips are the only award-winners to be members of the same family.

About BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in brief

Summary BBC Sports Personality of the Year AwardThe BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sport Awards. 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. Five people have won the award more than once: tennis player Andy Murray is the only person to have won three times. Princess Anne and her daughter Zara Phillips 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 is the youngest winner, aged 17, and Torvill and Dean, who winning in 1984, are theOnly non-individual winners of the awards have been female. The most recent award-winner is Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, who has won in 2020.