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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality award is given annually to the British sportsperson below 17 years of age who has made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. First given as the Newcomer Award, in which the age limit was 25, in 1999 to Dean Macey, it was renamed in 2001 as the award for the Young Sports Personality of the Year. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award has been given to one British sportsperson each year since 1954. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Dean Macey (born: December 12, 1977) in Rochford, Essex, England is a decathlete. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Subsequent winners have been:

2000 Jenson Button (Newcomer Award)
2001 Amy Spencer
2002 Wayne Rooney
2003 Kate Haywood
2004 Andrew Murray
2005 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
2006 Theo Walcott

Category: BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a Formula One driver currently in the employ of the Honda Racing F1 team. ... Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool) is widely considered to be one of the leading young talents in world football - in September 2005 he was selected by his fellow professionals as the inaugural FIFPro World Young Player of the Year. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Andrew Andy Murray (born 15 May 1987 in Dunblane, Stirling), is a British tennis player. ... Theodore Theo Walcott (born March 16, 1989 in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English footballer of half Barbadian descent who plays for Arsenal, having been signed from Southampton on January 20, 2006. ...

Results from FactBites:

BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (359 words)
	The award is organised by the BBC and is voted for by the public, and was conceived by the BBC producer Paul Fox.
	It is the most prestigious all-sport award in British sport, and is held towards the end of the calendar year.
	Despite the existence of a separate "Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award", non-British nationals are not exempt from the main prize.

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