Belgian Sports Personality of the Year

{{Short description|Defunct annual sports award of Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad}}

The Belgian Sports Personality of the Year is a defunct annual sports award that was given out in January by the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad to the greatest personality in Belgian sports. It was first awarded in {{Start date and age|1998|p=y}} and last handed out in {{End date and age|2008|p=y}}. For this award, not only athletes qualified but everyone who was involved in sports, thus including amongst others trainers, coaches and athletes themselves. A person could only win this award once in his career.

List of winners

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Year !align="left" style="width: 15em"\|Winner !align="left" style="width: 15em"\|Discipline
1998 \|Dominique Monami \|Tennis
1999 \|Luc Van Lierde \|Triathlon
2000 \|Gella Vandecaveye \|Judo
2001 \|Jacques Rogge \|President of the IOC
2002 \|Marc Herremans \|Triathlon
2003 \|Kim Clijsters \|Tennis
2004 \|Kim Gevaert \|Athletics{{Cite web \|date=14 December 2008 \|title=Sportpersoonlijkheid van het jaar \|url=https://sportgala.be/nl/sportpersoonlijkheid-van-het-jaar/ \|website=sportgala.be/nl \|language=nl}}
2005 \|Tom Boonen \|Cycling (road)
2006 \|Sven Nys \|Cycling (cyclo-cross)
2007 \|Justine Henin \|Tennis
2008 \|Tia Hellebaut \|Athletics

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Year

!align="left" style="width: 15em"|Winner

!align="left" style="width: 15em"|Discipline

1998

|Dominique Monami

|Tennis

1999

|Luc Van Lierde

|Triathlon

2000

|Gella Vandecaveye

|Judo

2001

|Jacques Rogge

|President of the IOC

2002

|Marc Herremans

|Triathlon

2003

|Kim Clijsters

|Tennis

2004

|Kim Gevaert

|Athletics{{Cite web |date=14 December 2008 |title=Sportpersoonlijkheid van het jaar |url=https://sportgala.be/nl/sportpersoonlijkheid-van-het-jaar/ |website=sportgala.be/nl |language=nl}}

2005

|Tom Boonen

|Cycling (road)

2006

|Sven Nys

|Cycling (cyclo-cross)

2007

|Justine Henin

|Tennis

2008

|Tia Hellebaut

|Athletics