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. It was the 60th presentation of the

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The ...

. Awarded annually by the

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with musical performances from John Newman and

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decided to step down as a presenter after 19 years. The winner of the main award was tennis player

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. Former

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manager, Sir

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won the special BBC Sports Personality Diamond Award.

Basis of nominations

Prior to 2012, a panel of thirty sports journalists each submit a list of ten contenders. From these contenders a shortlist of ten nominees is determined—currently, in the event of a tie at the end of the nomination process, a panel of six former award winners determined the nominee by a

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. The shortlist was announced at the beginning of December, and the winner was determined on the night of the ceremony by a public telephone vote. In 2011 the shortlist produced only contained male competitors, which caused media uproar. The selection process for contenders was changed for the 2012 (and future) awards as follows: The BBC introduced an expert panel who were asked to devise a shortlist that reflected UK sporting achievements on the national and/or international stage, represented the breadth and depth of UK sports and took into account "impact" within and beyond the sport or sporting achievement in question.

Nominees

The nominees for the 2013 award and their share of the votes cast were as follows:

Other awards

In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards were also announced: * Overseas Personality:

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: Anne Williams * Young Personality: Amber Hill *

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: Joe and Maggie Forber

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*Dean Powell * David Oates * Sean Edwards *

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* Donna Hartley-Wass *

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References

External links

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