Sports Personality of the Year 2011

Last edited by Lotus on Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

Candidates have been announced...no women this year.

I've listed their main achievements from the year and a photo in case you don't recognise their names. :shifty:

Mark Cavendish

> Britain's first winner of the Tour de France's Green Jersey.
> Britan's first male road race world champion in 46 years.
> Sixth on all-time list of Tour de France stage winners.

Luke Donald

> Became world's no.1 golfer.
> Won the PGA Tour money list title (most money won in PGA competitions this year).
> PGA Player of the Year.

Andrew Strauss

> Captained England to Ashes victory in Australia.
> Led England to world no.1 spot with 4-0 test series victory over India.
> Unbeaten in last nine Test series.

Darren Clarke

> Won his first major title at the Open
> First man from UK to win the Open since 1999
> First man from NI to win the Open since 1947

Mo Farah

> Won World Championship Gold in the 5000m.
> First long distance Gold at a World Championship.
> Silver medal in World Championship 10,000m.

Rory McIlroy

> Won his first major title at US Open.
> Youngest US Open champion since 1923, youngest major winner since Tiger Woods.
> Reached no.2 in world rankings.

Alistair Cooke

> Won 'Man of the Series' award in the Ashes, scoring 766 runs.
> Scored 294 against India at Edbaston, sixth highest score by an Englishman

Dai Greene

> Won 400m Hurdles Gold at World Championships
> Now holds World, European and Commonwealth 400m Hurdles titles

Andy Murray

> Won 5 titles this year.
> Reached final of Australian Open.
> Reached semi-finals of Wimbledon, US Open and French Open.

Amir Khan

> Defended his WBA title against veteran fighter Zab Judah.
> Won IBF title, becoming unified WBA/IBF champion.

Andrew Strauss. :wub:

McIlroy will probably win.

My vote would go to Mark Cavendish or Andrew Strauss. Don't think Cavendish is as high-profile though, which will probably go against him. Must have been scraping the barrel to have to include Amir Khan on the list. :lol:

Cavendish for me.

Rory McIlroy cuz he be representing.

Cavendish gets overlooked every year despite persistently being the best at what he does in the world.

Mark Cavendish or Rory McIlroy for me.

It simply has to be Cavendish, if we are really talking about who has the most impressive achievements.

Lotus wrote:My vote would go to Mark Cavendish or Andrew Strauss. Don't think Cavendish is as high-profile though, which will probably go against him. Must have been scraping the barrel to have to include Amir Khan on the list.

Well, it's only scraping the barell if you write one paltry line about his recent achievements. Khan is now the unified WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight Champion on the World and has beat the best in his division bar one fighter (Timothy Bradley - a fighter who turned down a ridiculously generous offer from Khan to fight). I'm not saying he deserves to be in the top ten, but he is the best in the World in his division right now, something that not many British sportsmen or women can claim.

I've never understood why it's sports personality and not just sportsperson of the year.

bear wrote:I've never understood why it's sports personality and not just sportsperson of the year.

This. Surely the personality thing rules out Cavendish, as he's a bit of a dick.

Phatman wrote:
Lotus wrote:My vote would go to Mark Cavendish or Andrew Strauss. Don't think Cavendish is as high-profile though, which will probably go against him. Must have been scraping the barrel to have to include Amir Khan on the list.

Well, it's only scraping the barell if you write one paltry line about his recent achievements. Khan is now the unified WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight Champion on the World and has beat the best in his division bar one fighter (Timothy Bradley - a fighter who turned down a ridiculously generous offer from Khan to fight). I'm not saying he deserves to be in the top ten, but he is the best in the World in his division right now, something that not many British sportsmen or women can claim.

Just taking my facts from the BBC site. That was the only achievement listed.

And things like "beating the best/being the best in his division" could be argued and is fairly subjective. It's not fact like the other things. Will edit in the title unification though.

If it's about personality why is Andy Murray in there?

No women, no footballers. Quite a unique list. Wonder who'll get the Lifetime Achievement award?

Lotus wrote:No women, no footballers. Quite a unique list. Wonder who'll get the Lifetime Achievement award?

Considering recent events, it would not surprise me if it was Speed. Other people may include Schumacher, Federer, Mansell, Hill, Rossi, Dettori, Radcliffe, Nickalus, Redgrave or Shane Warne.

Had he not already got it, Fergie would be a shoe-in.

DarkRitual wrote:
Lotus wrote:No women, no footballers. Quite a unique list. Wonder who'll get the Lifetime Achievement award?

Considering recent events, it would not surprise me if it was Speed. Other people may include Schumacher, Federer, Mansell, Hill, Rossi, Dettori, Radcliffe, Nickalus, Redgrave or Shane Warne.

Had he not already got it, Fergie would be a shoe-in.

Good list. Ballasteros won it twice, so maybe Fergie could too. :lol:

Federer will get it at some point. He won his 70th title the other day. :shock:

Just read this on his Wikipedia page: "In 2011, he was voted the second most trusted and respected human in the world, second only to Nelson Mandela." :lol:

PostSports Personality of the Year 2011 by **Beans** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:14 am

No footballers = FAIL

No footballers :mrgreen:

Good, because no one is deserving this year.

As for the winner this year, Cavendish or Mo Farah would be worthy but I've got to go with my boy Strauss :wub:

Looking through the list, and not knowing all but the last two, I'd say Rory McIlroy's the most likely to win it. Though they're all deserving I'd say.

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