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BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

FieldValue
nameBBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award
former nameBBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award
presenterBBC Sports Personality of the Year
countryUnited Kingdom
year
holderMichelle Agyemang (2025)
holder_labelMost recent winner

The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award is presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 17 or under as of 1 January of that year, who has made the most outstanding contribution to sport in that year.

Nomination procedure

Nominees have to be British citizens or are residents who "play a significant amount of their sport in the UK" with their solo "core achievements" being undertaken in the UK.

As of 2024, nominations are put forward by a judging panel which includes representatives from the BBC, Youth Sport Trust, a Blue Peter presenter, a young Blue Peter "guest" judge and sporting talent who then decide on a ten-person shortlist. The panel later reconvenes to choose the top three, and decides on the winner by secret ballot.

History

The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award was preceded by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award, in which the recipients could be aged up to 25. Decathlete Dean Macey was the inaugural winner of the Newcomer Award in 1999, and racing driver Jenson Button was the second and last winner the following year. In 2001, the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year, and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award. The only person to win the award more than once is diver Tom Daley, who won the award three times, in 2007, 2009, and 2010. The most recent award was presented in 2025 to footballer Michelle Agyemang.

Winners

Newcomer Award

YearWinnerAge when awardedSportRationaleNote
199921AthleticsFor "a string of stunning performances in the decathlon" and a "rise to prominence at [the 1999] World Championship"
200020Formula OneFor finishing "in eighth place in his debut Formula One World Championship season"

Young Personality Award

YearWinnerAge when awardedSportRationaleNote
200116AthleticsFor being "world under-18 silver medallist in the 100m and 200m, despite still having two years left in the age group"
200217FootballFor being "touted by many as the most promising English football talent to have surfaced in recent years"
200317SwimmingFor becoming the "youngest ever swimmer to represent England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay" and for "clinching gold in the 50m breaststroke at the European Junior Championships"
200417TennisFor making "giant strides in the world of tennis in the past 12 months, during which time he won the US Open juniors title"
200517AthleticsFor becoming the "first sprinter in the six-year history of the IAAF World Youth Championships to win gold in both the 100m and 200m"
200617FootballFor a "fantastic year in which he transferred to Arsenal and went to the World Cup with England"
200713DivingFor "achievements in diving which include becoming the youngest-ever National Men's Platform Champion"
200814SwimmingFor becoming "Britain's youngest ever individual Paralympic gold medallist"
200915DivingFor winning the men's 10 m platform event at the world championships, and becoming "Britain's youngest world champion in any sport".
201016DivingFor winning two gold medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
201117GolfYoungest-ever winner of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, breaking a 112-year record
201215SwimmingWinner of gold medal in the Paralympic 400 metre freestyle S7. Youngest British winner of a gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics.
201316ShootingYoungest winner of a senior World Cup in skeet shooting. Finished the season ranked number one senior in Great Britain and ranked fifth in the world.{{Cite weburl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/25383616work = BBC Sportpublisher = BBCaccess-date =15 December 2013date = 15 December 2013}}
201417Artistic gymnasticsWon four gold medals to become the most successful English woman at the Commonwealth Games in 84 years, before reaching three individual finals at her first World Championships.
201517Artistic gymnasticsWon a bronze medal to become the first woman to win an all-around senior international medal for Great Britain at the European Championships. Helped Great Britain to an unprecedented bronze medal in the Women's Team competition at the World Championships.
201615SwimmingWon a gold medal S6 50m butterfly category with a Games record and a bronze medal in the S6 100m Freestyle category at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games
201717FootballWon the Golden Ball as the best player at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup as England won the tournament.
201817Wheelchair racingBroke T34 100m world record, and won European Championships
201918BoxingWon 40 consecutive boxing matches
202016DivingWon her first senior international gold medal and the senior British title in the women's 10 m platform event
202113SkateboardingBecame the youngest ever British Summer Olympian at the age of 13 by winning the bronze medal at the Women's park Skateboarding competition in the 2020 Summer Olympics
202218Artistic gymnasticsBecame the fifth individual British world champion gymnast in history and the first British woman to win a world all-around medal. Also won her second European gold.
202316SnowboardingBecame the youngest ever Snowboard World Champion at the Bakuriani World Championships, also becoming the first Brit to win a snowboard slopestyle world title. She also became the first woman to land a Cab 1440 in a competition.
202417DartsBecame the youngest PDC World Darts Championship finalist, the youngest winner of both the Premier League Darts and Grand Slam of Darts.
202519FootballScored in the quarter-final and semi-final of Euro 2025 as part of the victorious England side only three months after making her senior international debut

Winners by sport

SportNumber of
winsAthleticsDivingSwimmingArtistic GymnasticsFootballBoxingDartsFormula OneGolfShootingSkateboardingSnowboardingTennis
4*
4
4
3
3
1
1
1*
1
1
1
1
1
  • Including a Newcomer of the Year award

References

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References

  1. (12 November 2008). "Young Sports Personality: The top 10". BBC.
  2. "Sports Personality of the Year: terms and conditions". BBC.
  3. (9 October 2008). "Sports Personality facts and figures". BBC.
  4. (7 November 2011). "Tom Daley recalls BBC Young Sports Personality wins". BBC.
  5. (12 December 1999). "Lewis heads sporting honours". BBC News.
  6. (16 November 2000). "Ups and downs Down Under". BBC.
  7. (7 February 2000). "Athletics: Macey on the right track". [[Newsquest Media Group]].
  8. (10 December 2000). "Redgrave voted Britain's best". BBC.
  9. Gray, Chris. (11 December 2000). "Redgrave voted Sports Personality of the Year". [[Independent News & Media]].
  10. (9 December 2001). "Young Amy takes prize". BBC.
  11. (9 December 2001). "Sports Awards: Beckham is personality of 2001". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. (8 December 2002). "Rooney voted top youngster". BBC.
  13. Akwagyiram, Alexis. (9 December 2002). "Marathon winner scoops BBC sports award". The Guardian.
  14. (14 December 2003). "Haywood makes a splash". BBC.
  15. Norton, Charlie. (14 December 2003). "World Cup winners scoop prize". The Daily Telegraph.
  16. (12 December 2004). "BBC Sports Personality: The winners". BBC.
  17. Rowbottom, Mike. (13 December 2004). "Sports Awards: Holmes wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year". [[Independent News & Media]].
  18. (11 December 2005). "Sports Personality: The winners". BBC.
  19. Phillips, Michael. (11 February 2006). "Double date opens door to Harry in a hurry". The Guardian.
  20. (10 December 2006). "Sports Personality: The winners". BBC.
  21. Corrigan, James. (11 December 2006). "Phillips is surprise winner of top Sports Personality award". [[Independent News & Media]].
  22. (9 December 2007). "Calzaghe wins Sports Personality". BBC.
  23. (11 December 2007). "Tom Daley's double joy". The Daily Telegraph.
  24. (14 December 2008). "Simmonds named Young Personality". BBC.
  25. (15 December 2008). "Paralympian Eleanor Simmonds named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2008". British Paralympic Association.
  26. (13 December 2009). "Tom Daley wins second Young BBC Personality award". BBC.
  27. (13 December 2009). "Daley wins second Young BBC award".
  28. (19 December 2010). "Diver Daley wins third BBC award". [[BBC]].
  29. (22 December 2011). "Sports Personality of the Year: Lauren Taylor wins Young award". [[BBC]].
  30. (16 December 2012). "Josef Craig wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year". [[BBC]].
  31. (14 December 2014). "Claudia Fragapane wins BBC Young Sports Personality award". [[BBC]].
  32. (14 December 2016). "BBC Young Sports Personality: Swimmer Ellie Robinson wins award". [[BBC]].
  33. (17 December 2017). "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Footballer Phil Foden wins". BBC Sport.
  34. (21 October 2018). "BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan wins award". [[BBC Sport]].
  35. (16 December 2019). "Young Sports Personality of the Year 2019: Who won?". [[BBC Sport]].
  36. (10 December 2020). "Young Sports Personality of the Year: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix named 2020 award winner". [[BBC Sport]].
  37. (19 December 2021). "Sports Personality 2021: Sky Brown named Young Sports Personality of the Year". [[BBC Sport]].
  38. (21 December 2022). "Young Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Gymnast Jessica Gadirova wins award".
  39. (19 December 2023). "Young Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Snowboarder Mia Brookes wins award".
  40. (17 December 2024). "Luke Littler wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2024 award".
  41. (18 December 2025). "Agyemang is Young Sports Personality of the Year".
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