BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | BBC Sports Personality of the Year |
First awarded | 1996 |
Most recent winner | Mark Cavendish (2024) |
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award[1] is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to a sportsperson "who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime". The winner is selected by BBC Sport.[2] When football manager Alex Ferguson won the award in 2001, the BBC described the award as "a new accolade" to be presented annually;[3] however, two people had already received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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