BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year

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BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year
Country	Wales
Presented by	BBC Cymru Wales
First awarded	1954

The BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year is a televised sporting competition, broadcast on BBC Two every year; and the most prestigious annual sport award in Wales. It was first awarded in 1954, and is currently organised by BBC Cymru Wales. Following a trial in 2002, the competition has been open to public voting, rather than a decision being made within the competition prior to this.^[1] It later reverted to being chosen by an expert panel of judges.^[2]

Winners

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Year	Name	Field
2023	Emma Finucane	Cycling
2022	Olivia Breen	Para-athletics
2021	Lauren Price	Boxing
2019	Alun Wyn Jones	Rugby union
2018	Geraint Thomas	Cycling
2017	Jonathan Davies	Rugby union
2016	Jade Jones	Taekwondo
2015	Dan Biggar	Rugby union
2014	Geraint Thomas	Cycling
2013	Leigh Halfpenny	Rugby union
2012	Jade Jones	Taekwondo
2011	Chaz Davies	Motorcycle racing
2010	Gareth Bale^[3]	Football
2009	Ryan Giggs^[4]	Football
2008	Shane Williams^[5]	Rugby union
2007	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing
2006	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing
2005	Gareth Thomas	Rugby union
2004	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Wheelchair racing
2003	Nicole Cooke	Road bicycle racing
2002	Mark Hughes	Football
2001	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing
2000	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Wheelchair racing
1999	Colin Jackson	Athletics (110-metre hurdles)
1998	Iwan Thomas	Athletics (400 metres)
1997	Scott Gibbs	Rugby union
1996	Ryan Giggs	Football
1995	Neville Southall	Football
1994	Steve Robinson	Boxing
1993	Colin Jackson	Athletics (110-metre hurdles)
1992	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Wheelchair racing
1991	Ian Woosnam	Golf
1990	Ian Woosnam	Golf
1989	Stephen Dodd	Golf
1988	Colin Jackson	Athletics (110-metre hurdles)
1987	Ian Woosnam	Golf
1986	Kirsty Wade	Athletics (middle distances)
1985	Steven Jones	Marathon
1984	Ian Rush	Football
1983	Colin Jones	Boxing
1982	Steve Barry	Race walker
1981	John Toshack	Football
1980	Duncan Evans	Golf
1979	Terry Griffiths	Snooker
1978	Johnny Owen	Boxing
1977	Phil Bennett	Rugby union
1976	Mervyn Davies and the Wales national rugby union team	Rugby union
1975	Arfon Griffiths	Football
1974	Gareth Edwards	Rugby union
1973	Berwyn Price	Athletics (100 metres hurdles)
1972	Richard Meade	Eventing
1971	John Dawes, the Wales national rugby union team and the British Lions	Rugby union
1970	David Broome	Show jumping
1969	Tony Lewis	Cricket
1968	Martyn Woodroffe	Swimming
1967	Howard Winstone	Boxing
1966	Lynn Davies	Athletics (long jump)
1965	Clive Rowlands	Rugby union
1964	Lynn Davies	Athletics (long jump)
1963	Howard Winstone	Boxing
1962	Ivor Allchurch	Football
1961	Bryn Meredith	Rugby union
1960	Brian Curvis	Boxing
1959	Graham Moore	Football
1958	Howard Winstone	Boxing
1957	Dai Rees	Golf
1956	Joe Erskine	Boxing
1955	John Disley	Athletics (3000 metre steeplechase)
1954	Ken Jones	Rugby union, Athletics (sprinting)

No award was made in 2020 due to the effects on sport of the Covid-19 pandemic.

References

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General

"BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. 8 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2009.

Specific

^ "Shortlist for BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year announced". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 26 November 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
^ "Breen is BBC Wales Sports Personality for 2022". BBC Sport. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ "Gareth Bale wins BBC Wales Sports Personality award". BBC Sport. 6 December 2010.
^ "Ryan Giggs wins BBC Wales Sports Personality 2009". BBC Sport. 8 December 2009.
^ "BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2008 winners announced". BBC Press Office. BBC. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

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List of all winners from 1954–2006

BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year

1954 Ken Jones
1955 John Disley
1956 Joe Erskine
1957 Dai Rees
1958 Howard Winstone
1959 Graham Moore
1960 Brian Curvis
1961 Bryn Meredith
1962 Ivor Allchurch
1963 Howard Winstone
1964 Lynn Davies
1965 Clive Rowlands
1966 Lynn Davies
1967 Howard Winstone
1968 Martyn Woodroffe
1969 Tony Lewis
1970 David Broome
1971 John Dawes, the Wales national rugby union team & the Welsh Lions
1972 Richard Meade
1973 Berwyn Price
1974 Gareth Edwards
1975 Arfon Griffiths
1976 Mervyn Davies & the Wales national rugby union team
1977 Phil Bennett
1978 Johnny Owen
1979 Terry Griffiths
1980 Duncan Evans
1981 John Toshack
1982 Steve Barry
1983 Colin Jones
1984 Ian Rush
1985 Steve Jones
1986 Kirsty Wade
1987 Ian Woosnam
1988 Colin Jackson
1989 Stephen Dodd
1990 Ian Woosnam
1991 Ian Woosnam
1992 Tanni Grey
1993 Colin Jackson
1994 Steve Robinson
1995 Neville Southall
1996 Ryan Giggs
1997 Scott Gibbs
1998 Iwan Thomas
1999 Colin Jackson
2000 Tanni Grey-Thompson
2001 Joe Calzaghe
2002 Mark Hughes
2003 Nicole Cooke
2004 Tanni Grey-Thompson
2005 Gareth Thomas
2006 Joe Calzaghe
2007 Joe Calzaghe
2008 Shane Williams
2009 Ryan Giggs
2010 Gareth Bale
2011 Chaz Davies
2012 Jade Jones
2013 Leigh Halfpenny
2014 Geraint Thomas
2015 Dan Biggar
2016 Jade Jones
2017 Jonathan Davies
2018 Geraint Thomas
2019 Alun Wyn Jones
2020 No award
2021 Lauren Price
2022 Olivia Breen
2023 Emma Finucane

v t e BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Main award
Other awards	Coach Helen Rollason Lifetime Achievement World Sport Star Team Young Personality Unsung Hero 50th awards Intermittent awards
Regional awards	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
World Service awards	African Sports Personality Indian Sportswoman Women's Footballer
Annual awards	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Sportsperson of the Year
National	Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Northern Star Award (general) Conacher (male) Rosenfeld (female) Springstead (female) Croatia Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Italy La Gazzetta International Sports Prize Jamaica Japan Kenya Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Moldova Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Serbia NOC Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal Jerring Award Swedish Sports Awards Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Main award Northern Ireland Scotland Wales United States AP ESPY female male The Sporting News Sports Illustrated NOC USSR Vanuatu Yugoslavia Sport Sportske novosti Zimbabwe
Regional	BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year
Continental	European Sportsperson of the Year
World	BBC World Sport Star of the Year International Sports Prize La Gazzetta Laureus Awards L'Équipe Champion of Champions

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