Beth Mead has today been named Sports Personality of the Year 2022 by the BBC.
A night of success for the lioness at the annual awards ceremony was capped by striker Beth Mead winning the Sports Personality of the Year prize.
The 27-year-old Arsenal player, who is currently sidelined by an anterior cruciate ligament injury, was the star of England’s success, scoring six goals to secure the Golden Boot and also being chosen as UEFA’s player of the tournament.
Mead, a Teesside University graduate from Whitby, North Yorkshire, won the public poll ahead of England Test cricket captain Ben Stokes and Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead.
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She was the bookmakers’ heavy favourite for the award and was joined on the shortlist by England cricket captain and Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes, snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan, gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curler Eve Muirhead and runner Jake Wightman.
Sarina Wiegman, manager of the Lionesses, also took home the prize of BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year 2022.
The victories for the beloved team didn’t stop there with the lionesses also securing Team of the Year.
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