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2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Other ceremonies
  
2015

Runtime
  
140 minutes

Presented by
  
BBC (BBC)

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Hosted by
  
Gary Lineker Clare Balding Gabby Logan

Official website
  
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/

Network
  
BBC One BBC One HD BBC Radio 5 Live

Date
  
December 17, 2016, 4:00 PM PST

Location
  
Genting Arena, Marston Green, United Kingdom

Hosts
  
Clare Balding, Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan

The 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 18 December 2016 at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. It was the 63rd 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 sixteen-person shortlist; the winner was Tennis player Andy Murray, who became the first person to win the award three times. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.

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Nominees

The nominees were revealed on 28 November 2016, during BBC One's The One Show. To reflect the vast success of the past year, a record 16 sportspeople were named on the shortlist.

Other awards

In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced:

  • BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: Simone Biles
  • BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award: Leicester City F.C.
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Phelps
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: Claudio Ranieri
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award: Ben Smith
  • BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year: Ellie Robinson
  • BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award: Marcellus Baz
  • References

    2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award Wikipedia