BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award have been represented; athletics has the highest representation, with 17 recipients. Counting Torvill and Dean separately, there have been 48 English winners of the award, six Scottish, five Welsh, three Northern Irish, and one Manx. Since the award ceremony began only on one occasion (2013) have none of the podium placers been English. On three occasions a sportsman from outside the United Kingdom has made the podium, on each occasion for sporting success achieved in Great Britain; New Zealand speedway star Barry Briggs (1964 and 1966) and Italian jockey Frankie Dettori (1996). Barry McGuigan, Greg Rusedski and Lennox Lewis originally
2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award were seven other awards: Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Helen Rollason Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Unsung Hero. There were calls to remove Tyson Fury from the nominees list, after comments he made were criticised as homophobic and sexist. The nominees were revealed on 30 November 2015. In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced: 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on