Scotish tennis player Andy Murray received the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in London. The awar was presented by Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan.
Murray was chosen for the award after a public vote in which he received 361446 of the 1,009,498 votes cast.
This is the second time for Murray to win this award. He has received the previous award in 2013.
Andy Murray’s performance in 2015
- In November, he led Great Britain’s tennis team to a first Davis Cup victory after a gap of 79 years.
- He reached the final of the Australian Open and the semi-finals of both Wimbledon and the French Open.
- He has finished the year as ‘second’ in the world rankings.
About BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
- This is the annual sports award presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
- The award was instituted by Paul Fox in 1954, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show Sportsview.
- The recipient of the award must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.
