BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award |
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| Presented by | BBC Sports Personality of the Year |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1999 |
| Currently held by | Mia Brookes (2023) |
The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award is a special prize given out each year. It's part of the bigger BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. This award celebrates young athletes aged 17 or under who have done amazing things in sports during the year.
To be considered, young sports stars must be British citizens. Or, they can live in the UK and play a lot of their sport here. Their main achievements need to have happened in the UK. A group of judges picks the nominees. This group includes people from the BBC, the Youth Sport Trust, and even a presenter and a young guest judge from Blue Peter. They choose a shortlist of ten young people. Later, the judges meet again to pick the top three. Then, they vote secretly to decide who wins the award.
Before this award, there was something called the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award. That award was for young athletes up to 25 years old. The first winner was Decathlete Dean Macey in 1999. Racing driver Jenson Button won it in 2000. After that, in 2001, the award changed to the Young Sports Personality of the Year. The first person to win this new award was sprinter Amy Spencer.
One amazing fact is that diver Tom Daley has won this award more than anyone else. He won it three times! He took home the prize in 2007, 2009, and 2010. The most recent winner, in 2023, was snowboarder Mia Brookes.
Who Has Won?
This award has been given to many talented young athletes over the years. Here are some of them.
Newcomer Award Winners
This table shows the winners of the older "Newcomer Award."
| Year | Winner | Age | Sport | Why they won | Note |
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| 1999 | Dean Macey | 21 | Athletics | For his great performances in decathlon, especially at the 1999 World Championship. | |
| 2000 | Jenson Button | 20 | Formula One | For finishing eighth in his first Formula One season. |
Young Personality Award Winners
This table lists the winners of the "Young Personality Award" since it started in 2001.
| Year | Winner | Age | Sport | Why they won | Note |
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| 2001 | Amy Spencer | 16 | Athletics | She won silver medals in the 100m and 200m at the world under-18 championships. | |
| 2002 | Wayne Rooney | 17 | Football | He was seen as a very promising English football talent. | |
| 2003 | Kate Haywood | 17 | Swimming | She was the youngest swimmer to represent England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal there and a gold at the European Junior Championships. | |
| 2004 | Andy Murray | 17 | Tennis | He made big progress in tennis and won the US Open juniors title. | |
| 2005 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | 17 | Athletics | He was the first sprinter to win gold in both the 100m and 200m at the IAAF World Youth Championships. | |
| 2006 | Theo Walcott | 17 | Football | He had a great year, joining Arsenal and going to the World Cup with England. | |
| 2007 | Tom Daley | 13 | Diving | He became the youngest-ever National Men's Platform Champion in diving. | |
| 2008 | Eleanor Simmonds | 14 | Swimming | She became Britain's youngest individual Paralympic gold medalist. | |
| 2009 | Tom Daley | 15 | Diving | He won the men's 10m platform at the world championships, becoming Britain's youngest world champion in any sport. | |
| 2010 | Tom Daley | 16 | Diving | He won two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. | |
| 2011 | Lauren Taylor | 17 | Golf | She was the youngest winner of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship in 112 years. | |
| 2012 | Josef Craig | 15 | Swimming | He won a gold medal in the Paralympic 400m freestyle S7. He was the youngest British gold medalist at the 2012 Paralympics. | |
| 2013 | Amber Hill | 16 | Shooting | She was the youngest winner of a senior World Cup in skeet shooting. | |
| 2014 | Claudia Fragapane | 17 | Artistic gymnastics | She won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, becoming the most successful English woman there in 84 years. | |
| 2015 | Ellie Downie | 17 | Artistic gymnastics | She won a bronze medal, becoming the first British woman to win an all-around senior international medal at the European Championships. | |
| 2016 | Eleanor Robinson | 15 | Swimming | She won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. | |
| 2017 | Phil Foden | 17 | Football | He won the Golden Ball as the best player at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, which England won. | |
| 2018 | Kare Adenegan | 17 | Wheelchair racing | She broke the T34 100m world record and won the European Championships. | |
| 2019 | Caroline Dubois | 18 | Boxing | She won 40 boxing matches in a row. | |
| 2020 | Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix | 16 | Diving | She won her first senior international gold medal and the senior British title in the women's 10m platform. | |
| 2021 | Sky Brown | 13 | Skateboarding | She became the youngest ever British Summer Olympian and won a bronze medal in skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics. | |
| 2022 | Jessica Gadirova | 18 | Artistic gymnastics | She became the fifth individual British world champion gymnast and the first British woman to win a world all-around medal. | |
| 2023 | Mia Brookes | 16 | Snowboarding | She became the youngest ever Snowboard World Champion and the first Brit to win a snowboard slopestyle world title. She also landed a Cab 1440 in a competition for the first time by a woman. |
Winners by Sport
This table shows how many times athletes from different sports have won the award.
| Sport | Number of wins |
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| Athletics | 4* |
| Diving | 4 |
| Swimming | 4 |
| Artistic Gymnastics | 3 |
| Football | 3 |
| Boxing | 1 |
| Formula One | 1* |
| Golf | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 |
| Skateboarding | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 1 |
| Tennis | 1 |
* This includes one win from the older "Newcomer of the Year" award.
