2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

The 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, took place on 14 December at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was the 61st presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a ten-person shortlist. Lewis Hamilton won the main award. The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.

Basis of nominations
For 2014, 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. The 2014 panel was announced on 22 October 2014. The panel members were:
 * Rebecca Adlington: Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer
 * Denise Lewis: Olympic gold medal-winning athlete
 * Jason Roberts: former professional footballer
 * Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson: Paralympic gold medal-winning athlete
 * Mike Dunn: sports editor of The Independent and Evening Standard newspapers
 * Howard Wheatcroft: Express Newspapers head of sport
 * Alex Butler: sports editor of the Sunday Times newspaper
 * Alison Mitchell: freelance sports broadcaster and journalist
 * Louise Martin: chair of SportScotland
 * Barbara Slater: Director of BBC Sport
 * Philip Bernie: head of BBC TV sport
 * Carl Doran; executive editor, BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Nominees
The shortlist of ten contenders was announced during BBC One's The One Show on 24 November and on the BBC website. Early favourites for the award included Rory McIlroy and Lewis Hamilton.

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


 * Overseas Personality: Cristiano Ronaldo
 * Team of the Year: England women's national rugby union team
 * Lifetime Achievement: Sir Chris Hoy
 * Coach of the Year: Paul McGinley
 * Helen Rollason Award: Invictus Games Competitors
 * Young Personality: Claudia Fragapane
 * Unsung Hero Award: Jill Stidever

In Memoriam

 * David Coleman
 * Toby Balding
 * Jack Brabham
 * Arthur Montford
 * Luis Aragones Tito Vilanova
 * Dorothy Tyler
 * Michael Scudamore Dessie Hughes
 * Mickey Duff
 * Josie Cichockyj Kevan McNicholas
 * Graham Miles
 * Norman Mair Stuart Gallacher
 * Tom Finney
 * Julian Wilson
 * Terry Biddlecombe
 * Ron Noades Malcolm Glazer
 * Bob Torrance
 * Bert Williams Dylan Tombides
 * Eusebio
 * James Alexander Gordon
 * Lord Richard Attenborough
 * Mary Glen Haig Elenor Gordon
 * Phillip Hughes
 * Hugh McLeod Jack Kyle
 * Keri Holdsworth
 * Bobby Collins Sandy Jardine
 * Senzo Meyiwa
 * Christopher Chataway
 * Alfredo Di Stefano
 * Elena Baltacha