BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR OVERSEAS PERSONALITY

The 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality' is given on an annual basis to the non-British sportsman or sportswoman considered to have made the most substantial contribution to sport in that year.

Contents

Winners

Statistics

Trivia

Winners

★ 1962 Herb Elliott, Australian runner

★ 1961 Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper

★ 1962 Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater

★ 1963 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist

★ 1964 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner

★ 1965 Jointly awarded - Ron Clarke, Australian runner, and Gary Player, South African golfer

★ 1966 Jointly awarded - Eusébio, Portuguese footballer, and Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer

★ 1967 George Moore, Australian jockey

★ 1968 Jointly awarded - Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, Soviet figure skaters

★ 1969 Rod Laver, Australian tennis player

★ 1970 Pelé, Brazilian footballer

★ 1971 Lee Trevino, American golfer

★ 1972 Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast

★ 1973 Muhammad Ali, American boxer

★ 1974 Muhammad Ali, American boxer

★ 1975 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player

★ 1976 Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast

★ 1977 Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula One driver

★ 1978 Muhammad Ali, American boxer

★ 1979 Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player

★ 1980 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer

★ 1981 Chris Evert, American tennis player

★ 1982 Jimmy Connors, American tennis player

★ 1983 Carl Lewis, American runner

★ 1984 Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer

★ 1985 Boris Becker, German tennis player

★ 1986 Greg Norman, Australian golfer

★ 1987 Martina Navratilova, American tennis player

★ 1988 Steffi Graf, German tennis player

★ 1989 Mike Tyson, American boxer

★ 1990 Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer

★ 1991 Mike Powell, American long jumper

★ 1992 Andre Agassi, American tennis player

★ 1993 Greg Norman, Australian golfer

★ 1994 Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer

★ 1995 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer

★ 1996 Jointly awarded - Evander Holyfield, American boxer, and Michael Johnson, American runner

★ 1997 Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player

★ 1998 Mark O'Meara, American golfer

★ 1999 Maurice Greene, American runner

★ 2000 Tiger Woods, American golfer

★ 2001 Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player

★ 2002 Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer

★ 2003 Lance Armstrong, American cyclist

★ 2004 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

★ 2005 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer

★ 2006 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

Statistics

Number of Awards	Countries
19
8
4
3
2	, ,
1	, , , , , , , , , ,

Number of Awards	Sport
13	Tennis
8	Athletics, Golf
5	Boxing
3	Cricket, Football, Figure Skating
2	Cycling, Gymnastics
1	Formula 1, Horse Racing, Rugby League, Rugby Union

Trivia

★ The award has been jointly awarded in 4 separate years.

★ Muhammad Ali is the only person to win the award in consecutive year and is also the only 3 time winner.

★ Greg Norman and Roger Federer are the only other people to have won the award on multiple occasions with 2 wins each to their credit.