Tom is number one

Wednesday,16 December 2009

Tom Daley, the youngest ever British World Champion has been named the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for 2009. The Youth Sport Trust helped to shortlist the nominations for this year's awards, which recognises Britain's outstanding young sporting talent.

The year's judging panel included BBC Sport presenters John Inverdale and Jake Humphrey, Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton, former winners Kate Haywood and Harry Aikines Aryeetey as well as two representatives from the Youth Sport Trust - our Director of Sport Alison Oliver and Director of Communications and Policy, Mark Atkinson.

Ali Oliver, the Youth Sport Trust's Director of Sport, said:

"This year's finalists for Young Sports Personality of the Year were some of the best ever. The breadth and depth of their experience - competing on the National, European and World stage - at such a young age is truly inspiring. They all deserve enormous credit for their achievements and should feel very proud of their successes. I would like to congratulate Tom Daley on behalf of The Youth Sport Trust for his success throughout the last year and look forward to seeing what the next year will bring."