2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

The 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 18 December 2016 at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. It was the 63rd 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 sixteen-person shortlist. The winner was Tennis player Andy Murray, who became the first person to win the award three times. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.

Nominees
The nominees were revealed on 28 November 2016, during BBC One's The One Show. To reflect the vast success of the past year, a record 16 sportspeople were named on the shortlist.

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


 * Overseas Personality: Simone Biles
 * Team of the Year: Leicester City F.C.
 * Lifetime Achievement: Michael Phelps
 * Coach of the Year: Claudio Ranieri
 * Helen Rollason Award: Ben Smith
 * Young Personality: Ellie Robinson
 * Unsung Hero Award: Marcellus Baz

In Memoriam

 * Johan Cruyff
 * Don Howe Gary Sprake Sylvia Gore
 * Stacey Burrows Lucy Pygott
 * Dr John Aldridge Mitch Fenner
 * Roger Millward Mick Sullivan
 * Denys Smith Thomas Cusack
 * Malachi Mitchell-Thomas Billy Redmayne
 * Tony Mottram JJ Warr
 * Hannah Francis Karen Lewis-Archer Sarah Young
 * Roddy Evans Grahame Hodgson
 * Ken Higgs Hanif Mohammad Ruth Prideaux
 * Beryl Crockford Ailish Sheehan Sarah Tait
 * Gerald Williams Dave Lanning
 * Dickie Jeeps Seb Adeniran-Olule
 * Anthony Foley
 * Arnold Palmer
 * Christy O'Connor Jnr Christy O'Connor Snr
 * John Disley Dave Cropper Anne Pashley
 * Frans ten Bos Alastair Biggar
 * Jack Bannister Martin Crowe
 * Ronan Costello Harry Jepson
 * Pavel Srnicek Cesare Maldini
 * Alan Henry Bob Cass
 * Dalian Atkinson Phil Gartside
 * Walter Swinburn
 * Carlos Alberto
 * Walter McGowan Mike Towell Freddie Gilroy
 * Tony Cozier Bud Collins
 * Isabelle Docherty Martin Barker
 * Meadowlark Lemon Bill Johnson Bahman Golbarnezhad
 * Mark Farren Zoe Tynan
 * Victims of the Chapecoense air disaster