Lionesses hero Beth Mead has been crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 at BBC's Media City UK in Salford.
The Arsenal forward, 27, played an instrumental role in helping the Lionesses win the 2022 European Championship on home soil in the summer, scoring six goals and registering five assists. The Lionesses scooped England's first-ever major women's football trophy after beating Germany 2-1 in the final at Wembley.
Mead, who is a much-loved character, has become the first women's footballer to have won the award. She beat England cricketer Ben Stokes and former curler Eve Muirhead to the prize.
