2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Sports award in the UK April 2022 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 22 December 2011 dock10 studios, Salford United Kingdom British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Sue BarkerGary LinekerJake Humphrey Mark Cavendish https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16303729 BBC Sports Personality BBC One BBC One HD 120 minutes 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2012 The 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 22 December 2011 at the dock10 studios in Salford.BBC announce 2011 Sports Personality of the Year top 10 https://www.dock10.co.uk/about/news/bbc-announce-2011-sports-personality-of-the-year-top-10/ dock10 November 2011 21 December 2023 It was the 58th 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. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey. Cyclist Mark Cavendish won the main award, with golfer Darren Clarke the runner-up and long-distance runner Mo Farah in third place. Award process The shortlist of ten sportspeople, which was drawn up by "a range of sports experts from newspapers and magazines across the UK", was announced on 29 November 2011. The shortlist was widely criticised for its lack of any female competitors. On 14 December, the British Olympic Association said that they were considering a boycott of the award ceremony in protest. The BOA chief executive, Andy Hunt, said that he would have included swimmers Keri-Anne Payne and Rebecca Adlington, rower Katherine Grainger, and England women's cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards, in his top 10. The BBC said that it would review the nomination procedure for the 2012 awards. The award ceremony was held on Thursday 22 December at the dock10 in Salford, and was broadcast live on BBC One. Nominees The ten nominees saw three nominees from the world of golf, two each from the worlds of athletics, and cricket, and one each from boxing, cycling, and tennis. Mark Cavendish won the award with 49.47% of the vote. Darren Clarke was the runner-up with 12.34%, and Mo Farah took third place with 8.71% of the vote. Cavendish was the third cyclist to win the award after Tom Simpson in 1965, and Chris Hoy in 2008. Additionally, Cavendish became the first winner from the Isle of Man. Clarke had been runner-up in 2006, a feat he managed to repeated this time around. The last golfer to win the award was Nick Faldo in 1989. Farah's fellow athlete Jessica Ennis finished third in the previous two competitions, whilst Dame Kelly Holmes was the last track and field athlete to win the award. Bobby Charlton and Tanni Grey-Thompson presented the awards. NomineeSport2011 achievementBBC ProfileVotes (percentage) Mark Cavendish Cycling Britain's first winner of the points classification in the Tour de France; also won the world road race, the first British male champion to do so for 46 years. 169,152 (49.47%) Darren Clarke Golf Won the 2011 Open Championship at the age of 42, becoming the oldest winner of the event since Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967. 42,188 (12.34%) Mo Farah Athletics Won a gold medal in the 5,000m and a silver medal in the 10,000m at the World Championships.29,780 (8.71%) Luke Donald Golf Won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and became the world's number one golfer. 23,854 (6.98%) Andy Murray Tennis Won five titles and reached third place in the world rankings. 18,754 (5.48%) Andrew Strauss Cricket Led England to victory in the Ashes on the way to becoming the number one Test team in the world.17,994 (5.26%) Alastair Cook Cricket Won the Ashes in Australia, as the highest run scorer and whitewashed India, 4–0, to become the number one test nation. 13,038 (3.81%) Rory McIlroy Golf Became the youngest U.S. Open champion since 1923 11,915 (3.48%) Dai Greene Athletics Won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships. 9,022 (2.64%) Amir Khan Boxing Defeated Zab Judah in the light-welterweight unification fight in Las Vegas. 6,262 (1.83%) Other awards In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced: Team of the Year: England cricket team England cricketers win Team of the Year award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16064726 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Coach of the Year: Andy Flower Andy Flower wins coaching award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16185625 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Overseas Personality: Novak DjokovicNovak Djokovic wins overseas award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16031387 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Young Personality: Lauren Taylor (Golf)Lauren Taylor wins Young award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16272595 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Unsung Hero Award: Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin (Athletics coaches)Scots duo win Unsung Hero award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16249817 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Lifetime Achievement: Steve RedgraveSir Steve Redgrave given BBC Lifetime Achievement award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16246808 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 Helen Rollason Award: Bob ChampionBob Champion wins Helen Rollason award https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/15865950 Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 In Memoriam 30em Severiano Ballesteros Jimmy Adamson Peter Roebuck Alec Weekes Michael Jarvis Sócrates Betty Callaway Alex Hay Richard Butcher Len Killeen Ted Lowe Samuel Wanjiru Neil Young Nat Lofthouse Dan Wheldon Eddie Turnbull Joe Frazier Fred Titmus Marco Simoncelli Gary Mason Graham Dilley Mike Doyle Trevor Bailey Ginger McCain Grete Waitz Martin Webster Dean Richards Basil D'Oliveira Henry Cooper Gary Speed References 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/15920702 BBC announce 2011 Sports Personality of the Year top 10 BBC Sport 29 November 2011 14 December 2011 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/15895642 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 - How they voted BBC Sport 14 December 2011 28 November 2011 Gibson Owen BOA considers boycott of BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/14/boa-boycott-bbc-sports-personality?newsfeed=true The Guardian 14 December 2011 14 December 2011 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/16303729 Mark Cavendish wins BBC award Sports Personality of the Year 2011 BBC Sport 23 December 2011 22 December 2011 External links Official website Bbc Category:2011 in British television 2011 Category:2011 in British sport Bbc