BBC_SPORTS_PERSONALITY_OF_THE_YEAR_HELEN_ROLLASON_AWARD

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The 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award' is given to a British sportsperson on an annual basis for 'outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity'. Named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died at the age of 43 after a brave battle against cancer, the award was first given in 1999 to Jenny Pitman, a survivor of thyroid cancer.
Subsequently winners have been:

★ 2000 Tanni Grey-Thompson

★ 2001 Ellen MacArthur

★ 2002 Jane Tomlinson

★ 2003 Michael Watson

★ 2004 Kirsty Howard

★ 2005 Geoff Thomas

★ 2006 Paul Hunter (posthumous)

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