Cyclist Chris Hoy has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
The Olympic triple gold medallist fought off competition from favourites swimmer Rebecca Adlington and Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton to scoop the prize.
Hoy, from Edinburgh, became the first British athlete to win three golds at a single Olympics in Beijing the summer.
He said the award was a shock, and thanked the public for voting for him.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond was among the first to congratulate the cyclist on his victory.
"This award is richly deserved and caps an incredible year for Chris Hoy," he said.
"Chris is assured of a place in sporting folklore and is Scotland's most successful ever Olympian. He is an outstanding competitor and a great ambassador for Scotland on the world stage, displaying true grit and fine sportsmanship in equal measure."
The 32-year-old is the first cyclist to win the award since Tommy Simpson in 1965.
"To win this in this year in particular, it's hard to explain what it means because I think British sport has enjoyed one of its best years in my lifetime," he said.
"It's incredible. This really is the culmination of 12 years of hard work for me."
