2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Sports award in the UK April 2022 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 13 December 2009 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield United Kingdom BBC Sue Barker Jake Humphrey Gary Lineker Ryan Giggs https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8410840.stm BBC Sports Personality BBC One 125 minutes 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2010 The 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 13 December, was the 56th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. It was presented by Sue Barker, Jake Humphrey, and Gary Lineker on BBC One. Awarded annually by the BBC, the main titular award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year. The winner is selected by public vote from a 10-person shortlist. Other awards presented include team, coach, and young personality of the year. Footballer Ryan Giggs took home the main award, with racing driver Jenson Button second and heptathlete Jessica Ennis third. Winner and nominees The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an annual sport award ceremony and the 2009 edition was its 56th staging. It occurred on the evening of 13 December, at the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield.Mackay Duncan 13 December 2009 Giggs beats Button and Ennis to BBC Sports Personality https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/8421/giggs-beats-button-and-ennis-to-bbc-sports-personality- 15 December 2020 Inside the Games For 2009, the BBC moved the awards from the Echo Arena, Liverpool to Sheffield to try to attract more spectators.Dowell Ben 30 April 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event to move to Sheffield The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/30/sports-personality-year-move-sheffield 15 December 2020 It was the first time that the programme was held in Yorkshire,Slack Martin 30 April 2009 BBC sports flagship on its way to Yorkshire Yorkshire Post https://www.proquest.com/docview/335371371 subscription 15 December 2020 335371371 which was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on BBC One, the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live.13 December 2009 Stage set for Sports Personality https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8406849.stm 15 December 2020 BBC Sport Sue Barker, Jake Humphrey and Gary Lineker presented the ceremony on the main stage,12 December 2009 TV Sport: Sports Personality of the Year https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/rte-guide/20091212/page/40 RTÉ Guide 40 subscription 15 December 2020 PressReader whilst Clare Balding, Matt Dawson, John Inverdale and Stephen Parry served as the backstage radio broadcasters.Network Radio BBC Week 50: Sunday 13 December 2009 https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/2009/wk50/sun.shtml 15 December 2020 BBC Press Office Nominations for the award were conducted by a panel of 26 sport experts representing magazines and select national and regional newspapers.1 December 2009 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2009 shortlist unveiled https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/01/spoty.shtml 15 December 2020 BBC Press Office They were asked to choose ten nominees not in preference but in alphabetical order. Had there have been a tie after the nominating process, the production team would have asked six members of a panel of former winners for their first three preferences in order. There would be three points for first, two for second and one for third. The tied nominee with the highest number of points would subsequently advance to the final ten; had there been a second tie, another vote would be conducted to move the tied participant with the highest number of first places to the shortlist.18 November 2008 SPOTY Voting & Judging: Terms & conditions https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/7735134.stm 15 December 2020 BBC Sport The ten nominees were announced on the BBC One programme The One Show on the evening of 30 November. The list was composed of two athletes from the sport of athletics, and one each from the sports of boxing, cricket, cycling, diving, football, Formula One, gymnastics and tennis. Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One World Champion,1 May 2014 BBC award stuns Giggs The World Game Press Association https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bbc-award-stuns-giggs 15 December 2020 was the bookmakers' initial favourite to win the accolade, followed heptathlete world champion Jessica Ennis and cricketer Andrew Strauss.White Jim 23 October 2009 Jim White: Ryan Giggs should beat Jenson Button to BBC Sports Personality of the Year The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/6408638/Jim-White-Ryan-Giggs-should-beat-Jenson-Button-to-BBC-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year.html 15 December 2020 In the week prior to the ceremony, the bookmakers moved footballer Ryan Giggs into contention and made him the more than likely winner during the programme.Harris Nick 14 December 2009 Giggs left speechless by shock victory in BBC poll The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/giggs-left-speechless-shock-victory-bbc-poll-1840082.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/giggs-left-speechless-shock-victory-bbc-poll-1840082.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 15 December 2020 Giggs was announced as the winner with 29.40 per cent of the public vote. Button finished runner-up with 18.74 per cent of the public vote and Ennis was third with a 15.58 per cent vote share. Giggs was the first footballer to be voted the recipient of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award since David Beckham in 2001 and the fifth in history following Michael Owen in 1998, Paul Gascoigne in 1990 and Bobby Moore in 1966. Giggs was also the third Welsh winner of the award, following 2007 winner Joe Calzaghe and David Broome who won in 1960. Chris Hoy and Andrew Flintoff presented Giggs with the silver television camera and tripod trophy.13 December 2009 Ryan Giggs wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2009 https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/13/spoty.shtml 9 March 2021 BBC Press Office +Winner and nominees of the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year AwardNomineeSport2009 achievementVotes%Hudson Louise 14 December 2009 Jessica Ennis edged into third spot behind Giggs and Button at BBC awards http://www.sportsister.com/2009/12/14/jessica-ennis-edged-into-third-spot-behind-giggs-and-button-at-bbc-awards/ 15 December 2020 Sportsister Ryan Giggs Football The 20-year veteran of Manchester United made his 800th appearance, scored his 150th goal and helped the club reach the Champions League final. 01 151,84229.40 Jenson Button Formula One Won the World Drivers' Championship to become the tenth British Formula One World Champion. 02 96,77018.74 Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis-Hill Athletics Won heptathlon gold at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin. 03 80,46915.58 Mark Cavendish Cycling Claimed 23 professional victories during the season, including 6 and 3 stages of the Tour de France / Giro d'Italia respectively. 04 55,96010.84 Beth Tweddle Gymnastics Won floor gold at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. 05 38,9077.53 Tom Daley Diving Became the first British world champion (at 15 years of age) upon winning 10 metre platform gold at the FINA World Championships. 06 36,9297.13 Andy Murray Tennis Won six tennis tournaments in 2009, including the Miami Masters and the Montreal Masters to reach No. Number 2 in the world rankings.07 19,9363.86 Andrew Strauss Cricket Captained the England cricket team to victory over Australia in the 2009 Ashes.08 17,2373.34 David Haye Boxing Defeated Nikolai Valuev in a "David vs. Goliath" match in Nuremberg, Germany to become the sixth WBA Heavyweight Champion in history.09 13,9162.69 Phillips Idowu Athletics Won Britain's second gold medal of the IAAF World Championships in Berlin in the triple jump.10 4,5070.87 Other awards Helen Rollason Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award was presented to an individual "for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity." The winner was chosen by BBC Sport with no public vote and the name of the recipient was revealed on the night of the ceremony. Help for Heroes charity fundraiser Major Phil Packer, who raised money through sporting activities, was named the award's winner. Packer was presented with the accolade by Steve Redgrave. +Winner of the 2009 BBC Sport Personality of the Year Helen Rollason AwardWinnerSportRationaleRef Major Phil Packer—Packer raised money by rowing across the English Channel, completing the London Marathon and climbing.for fundraising over £1.2 million for the Help for Heroes charity, despite being paraplegic since sustaining injuries in the Iraq War.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8409139.stm Major Phil Packer wins Helen Rollason award 13 December 2009 BBC Sport 13 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091218024135/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8409139.stm 18 December 2009 live Young Sports Personality The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year was presented to the sportsperson under the age of 16 on 1 January 2009 for "outstanding sporting achievements".Hart Simon Tom Daley, Heather Watson and Jodie Williams up for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/diving/6638278/Tom-Daley-Heather-Watson-and-Jodie-Williams-up-for-BBC-Young-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year-award.html The Daily Telegraph 23 November 2009 15 December 2020 The panel to decide the nominees and winner was chaired by Humphrey, and included the broadcasters Helen Skelton of Blue Peter, Ore Oduba from Sportsround, two representatives each from the Youth Sport Trust and the Sports Personality of the Year and two previous Young Sports Personality recipients in Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Kate Haywood. The panel convened on 9 November to determine the first ten nominees from a BBC and Youth Sport Trust compiled list and returned a fortnight later to choose the first three and the recipient with the seven losing nominees informed that they did not make the final shortlist. Tom Daley, the diver, was named the winner of the award. It was Daley's second win after his first in 2007 and he was the first person to earn the award more than once. He received the accolade from Amir Khan and Ellie Simmonds. +Winner and nominees of the 2009 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year AwardNomineeSport2009 achievement Tom DaleyDivingBecame the first British world champion (at 15 years of age) upon winning 10 metre platform gold at the FINA World Championships. Heather WatsonTennisWon the Junior US Open championship, moving her to No. 3 in the junior world rankings. Jodie WilliamsAthleticsBecame the first girl in history to win the gold medal in both the 100 and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships. Special Achievement Award The Special Achievement Award is given out intermittently and was given in 2009 to the comedian and actor Eddie Izzard for their epic marathon feats for Sport Relief.2009-12-13 Izzard handed BBC special award en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8406078.stm 2023-08-29 He ran forty-three marathons in fifty-one days and raised over £200,000 for charity. David Walliams had been given the same award for similar efforts three years earlier. Unsung Hero Award The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award recognised "someone who is dedicating their life to promoting sport in their community, taking no reward from it other than the pleasure of helping others to take part and enjoy their sport." UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man residents aged 16 or over but no previous winners, BBC employees and anybody working with the award or their close relatives was eligible to be nominated for the accolade on select BBC websites. A national panel of judges composed of leading sporting individuals, BBC Sport and BBC Nations and Regions representatives and a former Unsung Hero Award recipient determined the overall winner and two runners-up from all 15 BBC Nations and Regions. The winner of the award was announced during the show. Doreen Adcock, the Milton Keynes-based swimming instructor, was named the recipient; she received the accolade from the swimmer Rebecca Adlington and the snooker player Jimmy White.14 December 2009 Doreen now the pride of the BBC too Milton Keynes Citizen https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A214552599/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=5bb70239 subscription 9 March 2021 Gale OneFile: News +2009 BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award winnerNationalityWinnerLocationBBC RegionSportRationaleRefs ReferencesENGAdcock, Doreen Doreen AdcockBuckinghamshire, Milton Keynes Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireBBC EastSwimmingfor teaching over 13,000 people to swim in the town of Milton Keynes over the last 35 years.4 December 2009 Doreen is swimmers' unsung hero BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/threecounties/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8394000/8394690.stm live 9 March 2021 https://archive.today/20210309190221/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/threecounties/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8394000/8394690.stm 9 March 2021 Team of the Year The BBC Sports Team of the Year Award was given to "the (British only) team that has achieved the most notable performance in British sport." A 30-strong judging panel made up of sporting experts from select national and regional magazine and newspaper sports editors determined the winner. They voted for the first and second preferences as their first two selections, with two points going for first position and one point for second. The team with the highest number of points was selected to earn the Team of the Year. The team with the highest number of first positions would earn the award had a tiebreak been declared, although the accolade would be shared if a tie was still present. England's 2009 Ashes winning cricket team was named the winners of the accolade for the second time after its first in 2005.13 December 2009 England win BBC Team award https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-win-bbc-team-award-439281 9 March 2021 ESPNcricinfo Flintoff accepted the award on behalf of the team by Dame Kelly Holmes and Joe Calzaghe while it was touring South Africa. +Winner and nominees of the 2009 BBC Sports Team of the Year Awardhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/dec/13/sports-personality-of-the-year BBC Sports Personality of the Year – as it happened! Bryant Tom 13 December 2009 The Guardian 13 December 2009 London https://web.archive.org/web/20091217101318/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/13/sports-personality-of-the-year 17 December 2009 liveNationNomineeSport2009 achievement England cricket team England cricket team CricketWon the 2009 Ashes series Brawn GP Brawn GP Formula OneWon the 2009 Formula One World Constructors' ChampionshipEdmondson Laurence 30 March 2020 The untold stories of Brawn GP: How close the fairy tale came to never happening https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/28167282/the-untold-stories-brawn-gp-how-close-fairy-tale-came-never-happening 10 March 2021 ESPN England women's cricket team England women's cricket team CricketWon the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup and the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20Shemilt Stephan 7 October 2012 Women's World T20 cricket: Australia beat England in final https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/19856027 10 March 2021 BBC Sport Irish Rugby Irish Rugby Rugby unionAchieved rugby union's Grand Slam for the second time in the history of IrelandCummiskey Gavin 14 March 2018 Grand Slam winners 2009 – where are they now? The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/grand-slam-winners-2009-where-are-they-now-1.3427299 10 March 2021 Coach of the Year The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award had three nominees in 2009 and was won by Fabio Capello.13 December 2009 Fabio Capello handed BBC Sports Personality Coach prize BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405582.stm live 14 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091214052704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405582.stm 14 December 2009 +Winner and Nominees of the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach AwardNomineeSport2009 AchievementFabio CapelloFootballGuided England through World Cup qualification, only losing a single game in the process.Andy FlowerCricketCoached England to Ashes victory against Australia.Alex FergusonFootballWon the Premier League for the third consecutive time; the first manager to do so twice. Lifetime Achievement Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is given to sports people who make an impact during their life. The 2009 Award was given to golfer Seve Ballesteros.11 December 2009 Seve Ballesteros to get BBC Lifetime Achievement award BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405808.stm live 12 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091214052923/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405808.stm 14 December 2009 This was the second time he was honoured with the reward, the first being in 1997. In 1984, Ballesteros also won the Overseas Personality Award. He was honoured for his contribution to golf. During his career he won The Open three times, The Masters twice, and played a significant role in The Ryder Cup. In 2008, Ballesteros was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. José María Olazábal presented the award, whilst Colin Montgomerie paid tribute in the studio. Overseas Personality The BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year had three nominees in 2009. Michael Johnson presented the award to the winner, Usain Bolt, who became the third person to win the award in consecutive years after Muhammad Ali and Roger Federer.13 December 2009 Sprinter Usain Bolt secures BBC Overseas award again BBC https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405693.stm live 14 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091217032112/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8405693.stm 17 December 2009 +Winner and Nominees of the 2009 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the YearNationNomineeSport2009 AchievementJamaicaUsain BoltAthleticsWon three golds at the World Championships in Berlin, achieving world records in the 100m and the 200m.SwitzerlandRoger FedererTennisCompleted a career Grand Slam for the first time, including a first win at the French Open. His win at Wimbledon was a record fifteenth Grand Slam title. United StatesTiger WoodsGolfA much anticipated return to the sport after injury saw Woods win the 2009 Presidents Cup. Notes References BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award, 2009 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award, 2009 Category:BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards Category:2009 in British sport BBC