Unsung Hero award: Eight finalists named for honour at Sports Personality show

Eight finalists person been named for the 2022 BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero of the Year award.

The victor volition beryllium announced astatine the Sports Personality show, which takes spot connected Wednesday 21 December from 18:45 GMT connected BBC One unrecorded from Salford.

Sam Barlow, founder of a Yorkshire fittingness club, won the grant past year.

This year's finalists are Mike Alden (Bristol), Rukhsana Hussain (Leicester), Nooh Omar Ibrahim (Cardiff), Mary O'Hagan (Ballyronan), Anna Pim (Belfast), Dave Thompson (Aberdeen), Helen Thornton (Ipswich) and Becca Todd (Bristol).

Mike Alden - Bristol

Diagnosed with brittle bony illness astatine the property of four, Mike has breached astir each bony successful his body.

That did not halt him playing shot successful his puerility and helium has since encouraged others to play by mounting up Park Knowle FC, based successful 1 of of Bristol's astir deprived areas and unfastened to players of immoderate property and ability.

Rukhsana Hussain - Leicester

Rukhsana has rallied section women, often successful the look of disapproval from different assemblage members who disapproved of Muslim women participating successful sport, to get them progressive and socialising.

She is seen arsenic a relation exemplary and a mentor and is determined to animate women who person ne'er played athletics successful their big lives to springiness it a go.

Nooh Omar Ibrahim - Cardiff

Nooh works successful athletics improvement with the Welsh Rugby Union and Cardiff City Council.

In his escaped time, helium runs games of thoroughfare cricket successful 1 of Cardiff's astir challenged areas positive regular fittingness and wellness sessions for radical of each ages who person mobility, isolation and diabetes issues.

Mary O'Hagan - Ballyronan

Mary struggled with slump and anxiousness aft the commencement of her archetypal 2 children, who were calved blind.

She began acold h2o swimming to amended her wellness and has gone connected to go a qualified intelligence wellness aquatics manager successful Northern Ireland, and acceptable up the Ballyronan Bluetits unfastened h2o swimming nine 2 years agone for the section assemblage to enjoy.

Anna Pim - Belfast

At the property of 17, Anna is creating a bequest of hockey coaches and volunteers, and addressing subordinate payment done her 'At the Heart of the Game' programme which gives clubs and individuals the skills and tools to code coronary safety.

She coaches Under-11s and Under-13s teams astatine her section nine and schoolhouse and she is portion of Ulster Hockey's information committee.

Dave Thompson - Aberdeen

Dave is simply a affirmative power successful the lives of young radical successful immoderate of Aberdeen's poorest neighbourhoods.

His enactment with the StreetSport web has brought regular athletics and originative sessions to the city, and helium is besides moving precise intimately with young radical with analyzable affectional and acquisition needs.

Helen Thornton - Ipswich

Helen acceptable up the Badminton Homes for Ukraine programme to alteration Ukrainian families (who are known to the Ukraine Badminton Federation) to settee successful England, from her basal successful Suffolk.

As good arsenic resettlement, Helen has worked to guarantee refugees tin proceed enjoying and playing sport.

Becca Todd - Bristol

Becca acceptable up Team Brave, a afloat inclusive shot radical aimed astatine women and girls based successful Bristol.

The grooming sessions, which instrumentality spot each Wednesday night, are free, inclusive, amusive and friendly. They beforehand intelligence wellness and assurance and numbers person risen rapidly implicit the past year.