Three teen ladies make up the shortlist for the BBC Younger Sports activities Character of the 12 months after a stellar 2022.
Skateboarder Sky Brown is the youngest of the trio, at 14, alongside two 18-year-olds – gymnast Jessica Gadirova and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix.
The shortlist was confirmed on BBC’s ‘Blue Peter’ programme on Friday, and the winner can be chosen forward of the BBC Sports activities Character of the 12 months awards which occur on December 21.
Sky Brown, who received BBC Younger Sports activities Character of the 12 months in 2021, might retain her title
Gymnast Jessica Gadirova and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix are additionally shortlisted for the prize
A panel of sporting stars collaborated with representatives from Blue Peter, BBC Sport and the Youth Sport Belief to call a high 10 checklist, the ultimate three, and also will select the winner who can be topped later this month.
Euro 2022 winner Ellen White, Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson have chosen the very best younger expertise to have a good time after a profitable 2022 for a lot of of Britain’s teen sports activities stars.
Brown received the Younger Sports activities Character of the 12 months award in 2021, after rocking skateboarding’s Olympic debut. Her success has continued this yr, efficiently defending her X Video games Skateboard Park title with a flawless run.
The 14-year-old additionally repeated the feat on the Dew Tour the next week, main the competitors in Des Moines, Iowa, forward of Japanese pair Sakura Yosozumi and Cocona Hiraka.
After Olympic success final yr, 14-year-old Brown retained her X Video games gold medal in 2022
Nice Britain’s Gadirova received gold within the flooring competitors at this yr’s World Championships
Gymnast Gadirova received bronze within the all-around contest on the World Championships in Liverpool in November, making her Britain’s first feminine all-around medalist. She grew to become solely the fifth British particular person gymnastics world champion in historical past by successful gold within the flooring competitors.
It was all a part of the 18-year-old’s nice yr, which included European gold on the ground, in addition to being a part of Britain’s groups which received silver medals at each the World and the Euros.
Spendolini-Sirieix, the 2020 winner of the BBC Younger Sports activities Character of the 12 months, received seven diving medals throughout the Worlds, European Championships and the Commonwealth Video games in 2022.
Spendolini-Sirieix, the 2020 winner, secured seven diving medals throughout occasions in 2022
The 18-year-old diver began with a group bronze on the Worlds, earlier than seizing two golds and a silver from this summer season’s Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham, together with a private greatest within the 10m platform last. The Euros in Rome noticed Spendolini-Sirieix additionally win two extra golds, in addition to group bronze.
Different athletes celebrated within the high 10 included: Rehan Ahmed (cricket), Ben Bartram (wheelchair tennis), Alice Capsey (cricket), Chelsea Hudson (goalball), Rico Lewis (soccer), Jayda Pechova (netball) and Toby Roberts (sport climbing).
The one earlier a number of winner of the trophy was Tom Daley, who received thrice in 4 years between 2007 and 2010. It’s awarded to any athlete aged 17 or beneath at the beginning of the yr, which implies it’s the final time both Gadirova or Spendolini-Sirieix might win the honour.
