BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Previous winners from Sir Chris Chataway to Beth Mead
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Mead crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2022
With BBC Sports Personality of the Year celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023, familiarise yourself with the past winners of the award.
First held in 1954, this year's winner will be named on Tuesday, 19 December during a live programme on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
1950s
Sir Stirling Moss wins 1961 award
1960s
1960 David Broome
1961 Sir Stirling Moss
1962 Anita Lonsbrough
1963 Dorothy Hyman
1964 Mary Rand
1965 Tommy Simpson
1966 Bobby Moore
1967 Sir Henry Cooper
1968 David Hemery
1969 Ann Jones
1979 winner Sebastian Coe
1970s
1970 Sir Henry Cooper
1971 HRH Princess Anne
1972 Dame Mary Peters
1973 Sir Jackie Stewart
1974 Sir Brendan Foster
1975 David Steele
1976 John Curry
1977 Virginia Wade
1978 Steve Ovett
1979 Lord Coe
Torvill and Dean with Elton John in 1984
1980s
1980 Robin Cousins
1981 Lord Botham
1982 Daley Thompson
1983 Steve Cram
1984 Torvill and Dean
1985 Barry McGuigan
1986 Nigel Mansell
1987 Fatima Whitbread
1988 Steve Davis
1989 Sir Nick Faldo
1999 Sports Personality Lennox Lewis with Muhammad Ali
1990s
1990 Paul Gascoigne
1991 Liz McColgan
1992 Nigel Mansell
1993 Linford Christie
1994 Damon Hill
1995 Jonathan Edwards
1996 Damon Hill
1997 Greg Rusedski
1998 Michael Owen
1999 Lennox Lewis
Paula Radcliffe with Sports Personality trophy in 2002
2000s
2000 Sir Steve Redgrave
2001 David Beckham
2002 Paula Radcliffe
2003 Jonny Wilkinson
2004 Dame Kelly Holmes
2005 Andrew Flintoff
2006 Zara Phillips
2007 Joe Calzaghe
2008 Sir Chris Hoy
2009 Ryan Giggs
The 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins, flanked by David Beckham and the Duchess of Cambridge
2010s
2010 Sir AP McCoy
2011 Mark Cavendish
2012 Sir Bradley Wiggins
2013 Sir Andy Murray
2014 Sir Lewis Hamilton
2015 Sir Andy Murray
2016 Sir Andy Murray
2017 Sir Mo Farah
2018 Geraint Thomas
2019 Ben Stokes
Archive - SPOTY's prestigious past winners