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The 14-year-old swimmer, who won two golds at the Beijing Paralympics, beat Wimbledon junior champion Laura Robson and Olympic diver Tom Daley to the award for under-16s.

After being presented with the trophy by former winner Theo Walcott and boxer Ricky Hatton, Britain's youngest ever Paralympian said: "This is the end of an incredible year - my life has changed completely, it's really hectic now."

She added: "Beijing went in a blur to me - it's a bit of memory loss.

"I can just remember getting out of the pool and was so shocked, and I just cried my eyes out. That was my highlight but this is up there too."

In other awards, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was named overseas sports personality of the year after winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m golds in Beijing, all in world records.

Team of the year was the British Olympic cycling team, who won 14 medals - eight of them golds - in Beijing, while cycling's performance director Dave Brailsford won the coach of the year award.

The Helen Rollason award for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity went to Alastair Hignell, the former England rugby player turned broadcaster who continued to work despite being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 before retiring this year.

The unsung hero award went to Ben Geyser, a 70-year-old boxing coach from Dorset.