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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award has been given to one British sportsperson each year since 1954. The award is voted for by the public. As well as the main award there are currently seven other categories.

• Team Award
• Overseas Personality
• Coach Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Helen Rollason Award
• Young Personality
• Unsung Hero Award

The Overseas Personality started in 1960 and the winners have been:

• 1960 Herb Elliot
• 1961 Valery Brumel
• 1962 Donald Jackson
• 1963 Jacques Anquetil
• 1964 Abebe Bikila
• 1965 Ron Clarke and Gary Player
• 1966 Eusebio and Garfield Sobers
• 1967 George Moore
• 1968 Oleg Protopopov and Ljudmilla Belovsova
• 1969 Rod Laver
• 1970 Pele
• 1971 Lee Trevino
• 1972 Olga Korbut
• 1973 Muhammad Ali
• 1974 Muhammad Ali
• 1975 Arthur Ashe
• 1976 Nadia Comaneci
• 1977 Niki Lauda
• 1978 Muhammad Ali
• 1979 Björn Borg
• 1980 Jack Nicklaus
• 1981 Chris Evert
• 1982 Jimmy Connors
• 1983 Carl Lewis
• 1984 Björn Borg
• 1985 Boris Becker
• 1986 Greg Norman
• 1987 Martina Navratilova
• 1988 Steffi Graf
• 1989 Mike Tyson
• 1990 Mal Meninga
• 1991 Mike Powell
• 1992 Andre Agassi
• 1993 Greg Norman
• 1994 Brian Lara
• 1995 Jonah Lomu
• 1996 Evander Holyfield and Michael Johnson
• 1997 Martina Hingis
• 1998 Mark O'Meara
• 1999 Maurice Greene
• 2000 Tiger Woods
• 2001 Goran Ivanisevic
• 2002 Ronaldo
• 2003 Lance Armstrong

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