Lewis Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014Posted in Articles, Media Archive, United Kingdom on 2014-12-15 00:38Z by Steven |
Lewis Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014
BBC News
2014-12-14
Lewis Hamilton has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014.
The 29-year-old Mercedes driver won his second Formula 1 world title this season and joined an exclusive club by becoming the fourth Briton to win the drivers’ championship at least twice.
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy was runner-up, with athlete Jo Pavey third.
“I was sitting there saying Rory’s going to have it,” said Hamilton, who earned 34% of the vote. “I thought it had to be someone else.”
The Englishman won 209,920 of the 620,932 votes cast, with McIlroy getting 123,745 (20%) and Pavey 99,913 (16%)…
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