BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year

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Italian golfer Francesco Molinari won the award in 2018.

The BBC World Sport Star of the Year (formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year [1] [2] ) 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. [3] In 2015 the public voted for this award.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year annual sporting award ceremony in the UK

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of just one, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Several new awards have been introduced, and currently eight awards are presented. The first awards to be added were the Team of the Year and Overseas Personality awards, which were introduced in 1960. A Lifetime Achievement Award was first given in 1995 and again in 1996, and has been presented annually since 2001. In 1999, three more awards were introduced: the Helen Rollason Award, the Coach Award, and the Newcomer Award, which was renamed to Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2001. The newest is the Unsung Hero Award, first presented in 2003. In 2003, the 50th anniversary of the show was marked by a five-part series on BBC One called Simply The Best – Sports Personality. It was presented by Gary Lineker and formed part of a public vote to determine a special Golden Sports Personality of the Year. That year Steve Rider and Martyn Smith wrote a book reflecting on the 50-year history of the award and the programme. The event was held outside London for the first time in 2006, when tickets were made available to the public.

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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. [4] Since then, the award has been presented to 49 sportspersons. Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has won the award four times. American boxer Muhammad Ali and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt have both won the award three times. [5] The award has been shared on three occasions—by Ron Clarke and Gary Player in 1965, Eusébio and Garfield Sobers in 1966, and Evander Holyfield and Michael Johnson in 1996. [6] The husband-and-wife skating duo of Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova are the only pair to have won the award, doing so in 1968. [7] Belousova was the first woman to become Overseas Personality—she was also the oldest, aged 33. George Moore is the oldest recipient of the award, winning in 1967 aged 44. The youngest recipient of the award is Nadia Comăneci, who won in 1976 at age 15. Boris Becker, who was 18 when he won in 1985, is the youngest male to have won. [6]

Herb Elliott Australian middle distance runner

Herbert James ElliottAC MBE is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3.36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6.

Roger Federer 21st-century Swiss tennis player

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 4 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his victory at the 2017 Australian Open.

Muhammad Ali American boxer, philanthropist and activist

Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. He is nicknamed "The Greatest" and is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Twenty different countries have been represented by the award winners. United States sportspersons have won the award the most times, having had nineteen recipients, two of whom shared the award. Three cricketers have received the award -- Garfield Sobers of Barbados, Brian Lara of Trinidad and Tobago (both of whom played for the West Indies cricket team), and Shane Warne of Australia. [8] [9] Thirteen sporting disciplines have been represented; tennis has the highest representation, with fifteen recipients. The most recent recipient in 2017 was Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. [10]

Garfield Sobers West Indian cricketer

Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC, also known as Gary or Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974, and is widely considered to be cricket's greatest all-rounder.

Brian Lara West Indian cricketer

Brian Charles Lara, is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history. Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. Lara also shares the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.

West Indies cricket team sports team

The West Indies cricket team, traditionally known as the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing the Anglophone Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies. The players on this composite team are selected from a chain of fifteen Caribbean territories, which are parts of several different countries and dependencies. As of 24 June 2018, the West Indian cricket team is ranked ninth in the world in Tests, ninth in ODIs and seventh in T20Is in the official ICC rankings.

Only one winner has ever been stripped of the award – US cyclist Lance Armstrong, whose 2003 award was rescinded by the BBC following the UCI's 2012 decision to strip Armstrong of his titles and ban him for life from the sport. [11]

Lance Armstrong American cyclist

Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist, infamous for the biggest doping scandal in cycling history.

In 2018, the award was renamed BBC World Sport Star of the Year. Along with the change of name, votes could be cast from outside of the UK for the first time. [2]

Winners

By year

  •  Dagger-14-plain.png  Denotes joint winners.
  •  Double-dagger-14-plain.png  Denotes a winning couple.
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Herb Elliott, the first recipient
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Usain Bolt Olympics Celebration.jpg
Muhammad Ali (top) and Usain Bolt (bottom) have received the award three times.
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Greg Norman received the award twice
Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, joint recipients of the award in 1968, are also husband and wife. 2007ewc-protopopovs.jpg
Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, joint recipients of the award in 1968, are also husband and wife.
Evander Holyfield, who shared the award with Michael Johnson in 1996 Evander Holyfield.jpg
Evander Holyfield, who shared the award with Michael Johnson in 1996
BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year winners
YearNationalityWinnerSportNote
1960Flag of Australia.svg Australia Herb Elliott Athletics [7]
1961Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Valeriy Brumel Athletics [7]
1962Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada Donald Jackson Figure skating [7]
1963Flag of France.svg France Jacques Anquetil Cycling [7]
1964Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Abebe Bikila Athletics [7]
1965Flag of Australia.svg Australia Ron Clarke Dagger-14-plain.png Athletics [12]
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Gary Player Dagger-14-plain.png Golf [12]
1966Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Eusébio Dagger-14-plain.png Football [12]
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Garfield Sobers Dagger-14-plain.png Cricket [12]
1967Flag of Australia.svg Australia George Moore Horse racing [7]
1968Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Oleg Protopopov Double-dagger-14-plain.png Figure skating [7]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Ludmila Belousova Double-dagger-14-plain.png Figure skating [7]
1969Flag of Australia.svg Australia Rod Laver Tennis [13]
1970Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Pelé Football [7]
1971Flag of the United States.svg United States Lee Trevino Golf [14]
1972Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Olga Korbut Gymnastics [15]
1973Flag of the United States.svg United States Muhammad Ali (1/3) Boxing [4]
1974Flag of the United States.svg United States Muhammad Ali (2/3) Boxing [4]
1975Flag of the United States.svg United States Arthur Ashe Tennis [16]
1976Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics [17]
1977Flag of Austria.svg Austria Niki Lauda Formula One [18]
1978Flag of the United States.svg United States Muhammad Ali (3/3) Boxing [4]
1979Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Björn Borg Tennis [19]
1980Flag of the United States.svg United States Jack Nicklaus Golf [20]
1981Flag of the United States.svg United States Chris Evert Tennis [21]
1982Flag of the United States.svg United States Jimmy Connors Tennis [22]
1983Flag of the United States.svg United States Carl Lewis Athletics [23]
1984Flag of Spain.svg Spain Seve Ballesteros Golf [24]
1985Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Boris Becker Tennis [12]
1986Flag of Australia.svg Australia Greg Norman (1/2) Golf [25]
1987Flag of the United States.svg United States Martina Navratilova Tennis [26]
1988Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Steffi Graf Tennis [27]
1989Flag of the United States.svg United States Mike Tyson Boxing [28]
1990Flag of Australia.svg Australia Mal Meninga Rugby league [7]
1991Flag of the United States.svg United States Mike Powell Athletics [7]
1992Flag of the United States.svg United States Andre Agassi Tennis [29]
1993Flag of Australia.svg Australia Greg Norman (2/2) Golf [30]
1994Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Brian Lara Cricket [31]
1995Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Jonah Lomu Rugby union [32]
1996Flag of the United States.svg United States Evander Holyfield Dagger-14-plain.png Boxing [33]
Flag of the United States.svg United States Michael Johnson Dagger-14-plain.png Athletics [33]
1997Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Martina Hingis Tennis [34]
1998Flag of the United States.svg United States Mark O'Meara Golf [35]
1999Flag of the United States.svg United States Maurice Greene Athletics [36]
2000Flag of the United States.svg United States Tiger Woods Golf [37]
2001Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Goran Ivanišević Tennis [38]
2002Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Ronaldo Football [39]
2003Flag of the United States.svg United States Lance Armstrong Cycling [40]
2004Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Roger Federer (1/4) Tennis [41]
2005Flag of Australia.svg Australia Shane Warne Cricket [42]
2006Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Roger Federer (2/4) Tennis [43]
2007Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Roger Federer (3/4) Tennis [44]
2008Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Usain Bolt (1/3) Athletics [45]
2009Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Usain Bolt (2/3) Athletics [46]
2010Flag of Spain.svg Spain Rafael Nadal Tennis [47]
2011Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Novak Djokovic Tennis [48]
2012Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Usain Bolt (3/3) Athletics [49]
2013Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sebastian Vettel Formula One [50]
2014Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Football [51]
2015Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Dan Carter Rugby union [52]
2016Flag of the United States.svg United States Simone Biles Gymnastics [53]
2017Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Roger Federer (4/4) Tennis [10]
2018Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Molinari Golf [54]

By nationality

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

<i>Jus soli</i> Birthright of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship

Jus soli, meaning "right of the soil", commonly referred to as birthright citizenship in the United States, is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.

NationalityNumber of wins [a]
Flag of the United States.svg United States19
Flag of Australia.svg Australia8
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland5
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union4
Flag of Germany.svg Germany3
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica3
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil2
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal2
Flag of Spain.svg Spain2
Flag of Austria.svg Austria1
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados1
Flag of Canada.svg Canada1
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia1
Flag of France.svg France1
Flag of Italy.svg Italy1
Flag of Romania.svg Romania1
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia1
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa1
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago1

By sport

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

Sporting professionNumber of wins [a]
Tennis 17
Athletics 11
Golf 9
Boxing 5
Football 4
Cricket 3
Figure skating 3
Gymnastics 3
Formula One 2
Rugby union 2
Cycling 1 2
Horse racing 1
Rugby league 1

By gender

This table lists the total number of awards won by gender.

GenderNumber of wins [a]
Male 48.5
Female 7.5

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