BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2005

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year is decided by the great British public every year. Nominations for the 52nd year of this prestigious award open to the public on Saturday 19 November 2005, enabling you to register who you think should be among the winners. Contact us with your candidate, and then tune in to the live show on BBC ONE, Sunday 11 December from 8.00pm to see if your nomination was among the top five number of votes that make the shortlist of five. Don’t forget to vote on the night, when details will be given during the live show.

HOW TO NOMINATE

There are three ways the public can nominate:  By Text 81111

Whenever the number is promoted it must be accompanied by the following call charge message: Texts charged at standard operator rate

If the number appears in print, it should also be accompanied by the name and address of the company operating the service:

"Service operated by Audiocall, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT "

By ‘Phone

09011 12 13 14. Calls cost 25p.

On the Website

www.bbc.co.uk/sportspersonality

2004 WINNERS

Sports Personality – Kelly Holmes, double Olympic-gold medallist (athletics)

Matthew Pinsent got the second highest number of votes after a fourth Olympic gold-medal in rowing’s Coxless Fours in Athens , and in third place was cricketer Andrew Flintoff.

Team of the Year – GB Rowing team Coxless Four (rowing)

Olympic gold-medal rowers Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell, Steve Williams and Ed Coode held off competition from Arsenal, the cricket team, the victorious European Ryder Cup team and the GB men’s 4x100m relay team.

Coach of the Year – Arsene Wenger (football)

Arsene Wenger, who led Arsenal through their record-breaking 49 game unbeaten run, was presented with the Coach of the Year award which was presented by last year’s winner Sir Clive Woodward.

Overseas Personality – Roger Federer (tennis)

The Overseas Personality of the Year is Roger Federer. Roger has dominated men’s tennis this year, winning three of the four Grand Slams – the first man to do so since 1988.

Lifetime Achievement – Ian Botham (cricket)

Ian Botham received the Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of the major impact he has made in the world of sport during his remarkable career. Ian won the Sports Personality of the Year award in 1981 after spearheading ’s famous Ashes victory against . The award was presented by Ian’s old friend, the West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards.

Young Sports Personality  – Andrew Murray (tennis)

To be eligible for this, an athlete must be under 17 years of age on 1st January the year of the awards (so under 17 on 1st Jan 2004 last year, and 2005 this year).

Andrew Murray is the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, selected from nominations made to CBBC and the Youth Sports Trust. Andrew is one of ’s brightest tennis hopes after he won the US Open boys singles title at Flushing Meadow this year. Boris Becker presented the award.

Helen Rollason Award – Kirsty Howard

Nine-year-old Kirsty Howard won the Helen Rollasson award for her courage and achievement in raising money for children. Through her campaign, Kirsty’s Appeal, she has already raised £3m for poorly children and touched the hearts of some of the sports world’s biggest names such as David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson. Jonny Wilkinson, last year’s winner of the Sports Personality of the Year award, presented Kirsty with her award.

Unsung Hero – Abdullah Ben-Kmayal

The Unsung Hero Award honours an individual who has given their time and talents for free to enable others to participate in sport. Abdullah Ben-Kmayal won the award from a total of 15 regional winners from around the . Martin Johnson, captain of ’s World Cup winning rugby team, presented Abdullah with this award.