BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015: Coral profile contenders

Sport: Athletics
Age: 29
Achievement: Regained Heptathlon title at World Athletics Championships in Beijing just 13 months after giving birth to her son.
Odds: 6/4

Mo Farah

Sport: Athletics
Age: 32
Achievement: Successfully defended the men’s world 5000m and 10000m titles, cementing his status as Britain’s best-ever long-distance runner.
Odds: 80/1

Chris Froome

Sport: Cycling
Age: 30
Achievement: Won the Tour de France for the second time in his career, regaining the title after crashing out in 2014.
Odds: 50/1

Tyson Fury

Sport: Boxing
Age: 27
Achievement: Dethroned Wladimir Klitschko on points to become WBA, IBF and WBO World Heavyweight champion, and is the first British fighter to win a belt in that weight class for six years.
Odds: 7/1

Lewis Hamilton

Sport: Formula 1
Age: 30
Achievement: Retained the Drivers’ Championship to become a three-time winner and emulate motor racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart.
Odds: 14/1

Andy Murray

Sport: Tennis
Age: 28
Achievement: Led Team GB to their first Davis Cup triumph since the Fred Perry era some 79 years ago. Although a team event, Murray won all 11 of his rubbers, including eight singles matches.
Odds: 6/5 favourite

Adam Peaty

Sport: Swimming
Age: 20
Achievement: Did the 50m and 100m breaststroke double at the World Aquatics Championship, and helped Britain win a 4x100m mixed medley Gold medal too.
Odds: 150/1

Greg Rutherford

Sport: Athletics
Age: 29
Achievement: Won the World Athletics Championships men’s long jump Gold to complete a personal Grand Slam of major medals in the sandpit (also European, Commonwealth and Olympic titles).
Odds: 125/1

Kevin Sinfield

Max Whitlock

Sport: Gymnastics
Age: 22
Achievement: First-ever Briton to win Gold at a World Gymnastics Championships.
Odds: 150/1

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