BREAKING: Beth Mead has been crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022.
star Ronnie O’Sullivan, curler Eve Muirhead, runner Jake Wightman and gymnast Jessica Gadirova, who was named Young Sports Personality of the Year for 2022.The 27-year-old’s triumph means that two women have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award back-to-back for the first time in 50 years – with tennis starwinning it in 2021 – after Princess Anne and Mary Peters were named winners in 1971 and 1972 respectively.
Meanwhile, the Lionesses were named Team of the Year, while their manager, Sarina Wiegman, was named Coach of the Year. ‘I feel humbled and grateful to win this award. Without this incredible team of players and human beings we could never have performed as we did. We have incredible staff. It has been fantastic,’ Wiegman said.‘We played at Wembley of course and we broke records.We’ve made a change in society.More to follow…
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