tennis player emma raducanu was voted bbc sports personality of the year on sunday receiving british sports annual individual accolade as a reward for her remarkable us open triumphraducanu stunned the sporting world in september when she became the first qualifier to win a major after beating canadas leylah fernandez in the final at flushing meadowsthe 19yearold was also the first british woman to claim a major title since virginia wade triumphed at wimbledon in 1977raducanu beat off competition from diver tom daley who was second and swimmer adam peaty in third place plus boxer tyson fury soccer player raheem sterling and paracyclist sarah storey to win the awardits such an honour just to be amongst these nominees to win is pretty amazing said raducanu who also reached the fourth round at wimbledon this year on her grand slam debutthe energy this year playing at wimbledon in front of my home crowd that was something ive never felt before ive watched sports personality of the year growing up and its an honour to be amongst those past winnersim happy for british tennis as well and that weve managed to get this award againbritains andy murray was the last tennis player to win the award in 2016 after claiming the trophy in 2015 and 2013skateboarder sky brown took home the young sports personality of the year award after the 13yearold won the olympic bronze for britain in the womens park skateboarding final at the 2020 tokyo games