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BBC Sports Personality Shortlist
Ten sportsmen and women from across the United Kingdom and from nine different sports, make up the shortlist for BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2009, BBC One, Sunday, December 13.
The live event will be held at the Sheffield Arena for the first time and is a sell-out with around 11,000 people attending, making it the biggest Sports Personality ever.
The shortlist (in alphabetical order) is:
Jenson Button Mark Cavendish Tom Daley Jessica Ennis Ryan Giggs David Haye Phillips Idowu Andy Murray Andrew Strauss Beth Tweddle
These 10 sporting celebrities will now compete for the public vote on the night of the live show.
The public will be able to vote for their BBC Sports Personality Of The Year by telephone; details of the numbers to vote on will be given out during the programme.
The shortlist of 10 contenders was put together by a panel of 26 sports editors from (national and regional) newspapers and magazines. waveguide.co.uk
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