BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

[hornetrider]

Going to be very interesting this year!

Lewis Hamilton - youngest ever F1 World Champion - but some love to hate him? Could he win a public poll?

Chris Hoy - triple Olympic Gold medallist - but in a minority sport, is he mainstream enough?

Joe Calzaghe - undefeated and a fresh winner, but been baulked before. - edit - whoops! Forgot he won it last year!!

Any other contenders?

Edited by hornetrider on Monday 10th November 12:29

[Gun]

Lewis will win it by a mile, every other British F1 champion has won it.

ETA:

Sports personality: Lewis Hamiltion

International personality: Usain Bolt or Valentino Rossi

Team of the year: British Olympic team

Edited by Gun on Monday 10th November 13:04

Edited by Gun on Monday 10th November 13:05

[central]

Chris Hoy *should* win it. Triple Olympic champions don't come along very often.




Lewis Hamilton *will* win it.



ETA an outsider - Mark Cavendish.

Edited by central on Monday 10th November 13:22

[Fittster]

Rebecca Adlington

[FourWheelDrift]

At least this years show will be full of winners to choose from.

[mickk]

Harry Redknapp.

[Cara Van Man]

Lewis.

[_ian_]

FourWheelDrift said:

At least this years show will be full of winners to choose from.

Amen to that!

A lot of British sporting success this year. Great stuff!

[Mike Rob]

Lewis Hamilton 4/9
Rebecca Adlington 11/4
Chris Hoy 7/1
Joe Calzaghe 40/1
Andy Murray 50/1
Ben Ainslie 125/1
Christine Ohuruogu 125/1
Nicole Cooke 125/1
Bradley Wiggins 150/1
Mark Cavendish 150/1
Rebecca Romero 150/1
Victoria Pendleton 150/1

Lewis it is then

[SamHH]

Gun said:

Lewis will win it by a mile, every other British F1 champion has won it.

I agree that he'll win it, but not all of them have.

[MonkeyHanger]

SamHH said:

Gun said:

Lewis will win it by a mile, every other British F1 champion has won it.

I agree that he'll win it, but not all of them have.

Graham Hill, James Hunt and Jim Clark only managed 2nd place.

[5H4K]

Damon Hill won it in 1994 and he didn't even win the Championship that year!

Chris Hoy would be my choice but Lewis will win it. Non-mainstream vs. ultra mainstream!

[130R]

Calzaghe has had a better year this year than when he won it last year (even if RJJ is bit over the hill), having said that it has to be Lewis.

[zeb]

Fittster said:

Rebecca Adlington

she should but i think lewis will

[The jiffle king]

Chris Hoy for me. Lewis has done well, but Hoy getting 3 Gold medals is something else. Adlington's 2 is impressive, but Hoy looked a class above anyone else in his sport.
Joe Calzage has done well, but he won it last year and has performed well twice this year, but Hoy's achievements have been greater (in my view)

Of course, it's about a sports personality, so perhaps none of them are worthy and it should go to Joe Kinnear?

T-J-K

[sleep envy]

Chris Hoy

[ferg]

mickk said:

Harry Redknapp.

Done and dusted.

[Allblackdup]

Lewis will win it and deserves to imo. Lewis will be world champion again, but to do it now and break the record of youngest ever now as well, means he deserves it.

Adlington will come second and will win it another year - maybe 2012?

Chris Hoy 3rd.

[ewenm]

mickk said:

Harry Redknapp.

The guy who does the Wii adverts? I know Wii Fit is meant to be quite effective but not sure you can call it a sport!

[im]

ferg said:

mickk said:

Harry Redknapp.

Done and dusted.

He's a shoo-in