BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1984 for his achievements, including winning the St. Leger Stakes on Commanche Run that year, Piggott's record-breaking 28th British classic win. In 1994, Piggott won the award again for his "services to racing". Comedian David Walliams received the award in 2006 "for his outstanding achievement of swimming the English Channel for charity", which raised over £1 million for Sport Relief. Fellow comedian Eddie Izzard was presented with the award in 2009 after running 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief. In 1983, the team of "Australia II" received an International Team Award in recognition of their victory in the
Swiss Sports Personality of the Year apologized to Federer, saying "I hope he's not too angry..." Federer didn't really bother, but he did the first time this happened. In 2005 spectators voted for Thomas Lüthi, after media boosted Federer on top place. Roger Federer has won this award a record seven times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, and 2017). Swiss Sports Personality of the Year The Swiss Sports Personality of the Year was originally chosen annually from 1950 by the Swiss newspaper "Sport". As the newspaper was discontinued in the 1990s, the winners are now chosen by Swiss journalists and TV viewers. Their results count