BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality
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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality is given on an annual basis to the non-British sportsman or sportswoman considered to have made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. It was first awarded in 1960 to Herb Elliott, the Australian runner.
Subsequent winners have been:
- 1961 Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper
- 1962 Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
- 1963 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist
- 1964 Abebe Bikila, Ethopian runner
- 1965 Jointly awarded - Ron Clarke, Australian runner, and Gary Player, South African golfer
- 1966 Jointly awarded - Eusebio, Portuguese footballer, and Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer
- 1967 George Moore, Australian jockey
- 1968 Jointly awarded - Oleg Protopopov, Soviet skater, and Ljudmilla Belovsova
- 1969 Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
- 1970 Pelé, Brazilian footballer
- 1971 Lee Trevino, American golfer
- 1972 Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
- 1973 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
- 1974 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
- 1975 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player
- 1976 Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
- 1977 Niki Lauda, Austrian formula one driver
- 1978 Muhammad Ali, American boxer
- 1979 Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
- 1980 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
- 1981 Chris Evert, American tennis player
- 1982 Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
- 1983 Carl Lewis, American runner
- 1984 Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
- 1985 Boris Becker, German tennis player
- 1986 Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- 1987 Martina Navratilova, American tennis player
- 1988 Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- 1989 Mike Tyson, American boxer
- 1990 Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1991 Mike Powell, American long jumper
- 1992 Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- 1993 Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- 1994 Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer
- 1995 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1996 Jointly awarded - Evander Holyfield, American boxer, and Michael Johnson, American runner
- 1997 Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
- 1998 Mark O'Meara, American golfer
- 1999 Maurice Greene, American runner
- 2000 Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 2001 Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
- 2002 Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 2003 Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- 2004 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
- 2005 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer