Hoy named Scottish Sportsperson of the Year

Published on Saturday 25 October 2008 19:42

SCOTLAND'S greatest Olympian, cyclist Chris Hoy, was named Scottish Sportsperson of the Year and awarded the Emirates Lonsdale Trophy for the fifth time in six years at the Commonwealth Games Scotland's awards dinner in Glasgow last night.

Chris became the first Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games since 1908 and the most successful track cyclist of all time.

Chris is also a patron of the Braveheart Trust to develop young Scottish cyclists.

In runner-up spot was paralympic cyclist Aileen McGlynn, who with her pilot Ellen Hunter, lifted the gold medal for the 3km pursuit at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in Mayas well as gold in the 1km tandem.

At the Beijing Paralympic Games the pair won gold in the 1km tandem and then completed a remarkable 12 months by winning her second gold medal of the Games in the women's individual pursuit.

Completing an impressive short list was Katherine Grainger who won her third successive Olympic silver medal in rowing, slalom canoeist David Florence, who also took silver in Beijing and British No.1 and world No.4 tennis player Andy Murray.

Following a successful Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune last week, swimmer Douglas Scott from Strathaven was named Athlete of the Games for winning two gold medals and a bronze. Shooter Kay Copland from Banff was named runner-up for winning Scotland's first gold medal of the Games in the 50m rifle prone event.

The Scottish Sports Aid Junior Sportsperson of the Year was Kirsty McWilliams, the World Junior Triathlon Champion 2008, European Junior Triathlon silver medallist 2007/2008 and Scottish Schools cross country champion.