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BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year

BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year
CountryNorthern Ireland
Presented byBBC Northern Ireland
First award2003
Currently held byDaniel Wiffen (2024)

The BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year is an annual sports award organised by BBC Northern Ireland. It was first awarded in 2003, and has been awarded annually ever since, with the exception of 2016.

The award is conspicuously awarded to athletes whether they represent all of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland or even the Republic of Ireland or Europe (e.g. in golf), so long as they are from Northern Ireland. As of 2024, Rory McIlroy and Jonathan Rae share the record for most titles, each with three. Golf, with five awardees, is the most successful sport at the awards.

Winners

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Rory McIlroy, three-time winner
Jonathan Rea, three-time winner
Year Winner Sport Rationale Ref.
2003 Peter Canavan Gaelic football Won the 2003 All-Ireland with Tyrone. [1]
2004 Margaret Johnston Lawn bowls Won a third outdoor World Bowls Championship singles. [2]
2005 David Healy Association football Scored the only goal in iconic 1-0 victory over England at Windsor Park. [3]
2006 Darren Clarke Golf Key role in winning 2006 Ryder Cup with Europe while grieving loss of his wife, Heather. [4]
2007 David Healy Association football Scored a hat-trick against Spain in Euro 2008 qualification. Ended as top scorer with 13 goals. [3]
2008 Sean Cavanagh Gaelic football Man of the match in 2008 All-Ireland final, winning a third title with Tyrone. [5]
2009 Jason Smyth Athletics Became first legally blind athlete to qualify for able-bodied European Athletics Championships. [6]
2010 Graeme McDowell Golf Won the 2010 U.S. Open [7]
2011 Rory McIlroy Golf Won the 2011 U.S. Open [8]
2012 Rory McIlroy Golf Won the 2012 USPGA and 2012 Ryder Cup. [9]
2013 Martyn Irvine Cycling Won the scratch race at the 2013 UCI World Track Championships to become Ireland and Northern Ireland's first track World Champion. [10]
2014 Rory McIlroy Golf Won the 2014 Open and USPGA, won both PGA Tour and European Tour. [11]
2015 Michael Conlan Boxing Won both the World and European Amateur Boxing Championships at bantamweight. [12]
2017 Jonathan Rea Motorcycle racing 3rd Superbike World Championship [13]
2018 Jacob Stockdale Rugby union Awarded Player of the 2018 Six Nations Championship, scoring a record seven tries as Ireland won Grand Slam. [14]
2019 Jonathan Rea Motorcycle racing 5th Superbike World Championship [15]
2020 Jonathan Rea Motorcycle racing 6th Superbike World Championship [16]
2021 Rachel Furness Association football [17]
2022 Rhys McClenaghan Artistic gymnastics Became World Artistic Gymnastics champion on pommel horse. Ireland's first world champion in the sport. [18]
2023 Ciara Mageean Athletics Broke the ParkRun 5k world record, and placed 4th in the World Athletics Championships. [19]
2024 Daniel Wiffen Swimming Became Olympic and double World champion in the pool, and Northern Ireland's first individual Olympic gold medalist for almost 40 years.

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