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List of Sports Personality of the Year winners since 1954 - BBC Spotty Award

Sports Personality of the Year winners list: who won every edition of the BBC SPOTY award from 1954. In 1954 the BBC Spotty Prize was first presented to middle and long distance runner Sir Christopher Chataway. The BBC Spotty Award winner is the player, judged by a public vote, who has the most success that year. Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award recipients must be either British or live in the United Kingdom and play a significant part of their sport. The winner is selected from a pre-determined shortlist. The award was claimed by the first woman, swimmer Anita Lonsbrough in 1962, who won three Commonwealth gold medals in Perth, two years after claiming Olympic gold in Rome. Tennis star Andy Murray holds the record for most spotty wins, claiming the trophy on three occasions. Formula One drivers Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell and boxer Henry Cooper have claimed the trophy on two occasions. The most recent award winner is tennis player Emma Radukanu, who won the 2021 awa...

List by country When did which country won its first Olympic gold medal?

Which country won its first Olympic gold medal by country, when? Which country won its first Olympic gold medal by country, when? This table lists the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee. In some cases, the NOC may receive multiple gold medals in the same edition in which it won its first gold medal. The determining event is a factor that is considered the first Olympic gold medalist for a nation. List of first Olympic gold medalists by country : Summer Olympics Edition Country Medalist Sport Event 1896 Athens Australia Edwin Flack Athletics Men's 1500 metres Austria Paul Neumann Swimming Men's 500 metre freestyle Denmark Viggo Jensen Weightlifting Men's two hand lift Germany Carl Schuhmann Gymnastics Men's vault France Eugène-Henri Gravelotte Fencing Men's foil Great Britain Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's one hand lift Greece Leonidas Pyrgo...

Best Olympic Athletes From Each Sport - Olympic Athletes

Some of the Best Olympic Athletes from Every Sports Some of the Best Olympic Athletes from Every Sports... Only athletes from within each sport are compared to obtain a list of the greatest Olympians of each sport of all time. To determine the top ranked athlete from each sport, we have used the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order athletes as it gives due credit for winning both gold medals and minor placements. Top ranked athlete from each Olympic games (current sport) Sport Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals Archery Hubert Van Innis Belgium 6 3 0 9 Athletics Paavo Nurmi Finland 9 3 0 12 Badminton Gao Ling China 2 1 1 4 Basketball Sue Bird USA 5 0 0 5 Diana Taurasi USA 5 0 0 5 Boxing László Papp Hungary 3 0 0 3 Félix Savón Cuba 3 0 0 3 Teófilo Stevenson Cuba 3 0 0 3 Canoeing Birgit Fischer Germany 8 4 0 12 Cycling Jason Kenny Great Br...

BBS-British Blind Sport

British Blind Sport British Blind Sport... British Blind Sport (BBS) provides the opportunity for visually impaired people to participate in sports. As a charity they pride themselves on 'making a clear difference through sport' because we know that taking the first step in participating in a sport or recreational activity can change lives for the better. Since its inception in 1976, BBS has become a voice for the visually impaired in the world of sport and leisure in the United Kingdom and internationally. It also leads in the UK with the vision classification for Paralympic athletes. It is headquartered in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It was founded in 1976 as the British Association for Sporting and Recreational Activities for the Blind (BASRAB) and changed its name to British Blind Sport in 1989. Sports and recreational activities can improve the lives of people with visual impairments by improving their health, developing self-confidence, and incr...

List of Sports Cups and Trophies - G K

National and International Cups & Trophies List of Sports Cups and Trophies for General Awareness... List of National and International Sports Cups and Trophies which is an important part of competitive exams for general awareness. Aspirants of Government Exams like SSC, RRB, Bank etc must read the list of Sports Trophies and Cups carefully as General Awareness is a part of the syllabus of most of these exams. UPSC exam aspirants should also be aware of various cups and trophies related to sports because questions based on it can be asked in UPSC Preliminary Exam. National Cups & Trophies Sports Cup/Trophy Athletics Charminar Trophy Maulana Azad trophy (Inter-University Sports) Badminton Agarwal Cup Amrit Diwan Cup Chadha Cup Divan Cup Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup Lady Rattan Tata Trophy Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup Narang Cup Hockey Agha Khan Cup Beighton Cup Bombay Gold Cup Dhyanchand Trophy Gurmeet Trophy Guru Nan...

Padma Bhushan recipient in sports - Padma Bhushan

List of Indian Sportspersons who received Padma Bhushan Award Padma Bhushan recipient in sports... Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in India after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. Let's take a look at all the other Indian players who have received this award over the years. Padma Bhushan awardee Indian sportspersons Year Recipient Field State Country 2022 Devendra Jhajharia Athletics Rajasthan India 2020 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Badminton Telangana India 2019 Bachendri Pal Mountaineer Uttarakhand India 2018 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket Bihar India 2018 Pankaj Advani Billiards Karnataka India 2016 Saina Nehwal Badminton ...