2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

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2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
Date15 December 2013
Location First Direct Arena, Leeds
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Hosted by Gary Lineker
Clare Balding
Gabby Logan
Winner Andy Murray
Website www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/2013
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime140 minutes
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The 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was presented on 15 December from the First Direct Arena in Leeds. It was the 60th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. [1]

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The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan with musical performances from John Newman and Russell Watson. [2] Sue Barker decided to step down as a presenter after 19 years. [3]

The winner of the main award was tennis player Andy Murray. [4] [5] Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson won the special BBC Sports Personality Diamond Award. [6]

Basis of nominations

Prior to 2012, a panel of thirty sports journalists each submit a list of ten contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees is determined—currently, in the event of a tie at the end of the nomination process, a panel of six former award winners determined the nominee by a Borda count. The shortlist was announced at the beginning of December, and the winner was determined on the night of the ceremony by a public telephone vote.

In 2011 the shortlist produced only contained male competitors, which caused media uproar. The selection process for contenders was changed for the 2012 (and future) awards as follows:

The BBC introduced an expert panel who were asked to devise a shortlist that reflected UK sporting achievements on the national and/or international stage, represented the breadth and depth of UK sports and took into account "impact" within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in question. [7]

Nominees

The nominees for the 2013 award [8] and their share of the votes cast [4] were as follows:

NomineeSport2013 achievementBBC ProfileVotes (percentage)
Andy Murray TennisBecame the first British man in the Open Era to win a singles title at Wimbledon (and the first outright since Fred Perry 77 years prior). 401,470 (
Leigh Halfpenny Rugby unionDesignated man-of-the-series in the victorious Lions tour of Australia (their first series victory in 16 years) and player of the tournament in the Six Nations. 65,913 (
AP McCoy Horse racingBecame the first jump jockey to ride 4,000 winners. 57,854 (
Mo Farah AthleticsWon the 5,000m and 10,000m events at the IAAF World Championships, thus becoming the first Briton to successfully defend a world title and win three. Also broke the European record in the 1,500m. 51,945 (
Sir Ben Ainslie SailingHelped mastermind an unlikely victory for Oracle Team USA (winning 9–8 after being 1–8 down) in the America's Cup. 48,140 (
Chris Froome CyclingWon the 100th edition of the Tour de France, as well as two other races on the World Tour. 37,343 (
Hannah Cockroft AthleticsWon the T34 sprint double (100 / 200 metres) at the IPC World Championships for the second time in succession. 26,151 (
Christine Ohuruogu AthleticsWon the 400m at the IAAF World Championships for the second time and concurrently broke the British record set by Kathy Smallwood-Cook 29 years prior. Also became the first British woman to win two outdoor world titles. 13,179 (
Justin Rose GolfWon the U.S. Open, thus becoming the first Englishman to win a major since Nick Faldo 17 years prior. 9,833 (
Ian Bell CricketA key figure in England's 3–0 defeat of Australia in the Ashes series. His tally of 562 equalled the English record for the most runs scored in a five-match home Ashes. 5,626 (

Other awards

In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced:

In Memoriam

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