| 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award | |
| Date: | 14 December 2014 |
| Location: | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Presenter: | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Host: | Gary Lineker Clare Balding Gabby Logan |
| Winner: | Lewis Hamilton |
| Runtime: | 140 minutes |
| Previous: | 2013 |
| Main: | BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award |
| Next: | 2015 |
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.[1] [2] The event was presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.
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:[3]
Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer
Olympic gold medal-winning athlete
former professional footballer
freelance sports broadcaster and journalist
Director of BBC Sport
The shortlist of ten contenders was announced during BBC One's The One Show on 24 November and on the BBC website.[4] Early favourites for the award included Rory McIlroy and Lewis Hamilton.[5] [6] [7]
| Nominee | Sport | 2014 achievement | BBC profile | Votes (percentage) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula One | Won the World Drivers' Championship for the second time, including eleven Grand Prix victories. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30314778 | 209,920 | ||
| Golf | Won the Open Championship and PGA Championship. Was also part of the Europe team that retained the Ryder Cup. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30343314 | 123,745 | ||
| Athletics | Won the 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships; at 40 years of age, she became the oldest ever female gold medallist in the championships' history. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30343315 | 99,913 | ||
| Dressage | Won two titles at the World Equestrian Games in special dressage and freestyle dressage. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30268339 | 75,814 | ||
| Kelly Gallagher &<br />Charlotte Evans (guide) | Alpine skiing | Won Great Britain's first ever gold medal in a Winter Paralympics upon winning the visually impaired Super-G. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30307719 | 35,871 | |
| Skeleton | Won the Winter Olympic skeleton title (and Great Britain's fourth consecutive medal in the discipline), plus 4 rounds of the World Cup and the overall title. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30343318 | 23,188 | ||
| Gymnastics | Won four titles in international championships – three at the Commonwealth Games (team, floor exercise and pommel horse) and the pommel horse at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30343317 | 17,219 | ||
| Football | Helped Real Madrid win the UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30267315 | 13,747 | ||
| Boxing | Retained his IBF and WBA (Regular) super-middleweight titles upon defeating George Groves II, after which he retired. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30290067 | 11,616 | ||
| Swimming | Won six titles in international championships - four at the European Aquatics Championships (50m/100m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m men's/mixed medley relays) and two at the Commonwealth Games (100m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m men's medley relay). | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/30343316 | 9,899 |
In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced:
England women's national rugby union team[9]
Invictus Games Competitors[12]
Jill Stidever[14]