Hamilton wins Great Britons award for Sport

Last night Lewis was awarded with a Great Britons award for Sport. Lewis's father and manager, Anthony Hamilton, picked up the award, which was held at London Guildhall, on Lewis's behalf as Lewis was in Barcelona, Spain where he began testing first thing this morning.

The Great Britons Awards aim to celebrate what is best about Britain by honouring those figures who it is felt have contributed significantly to society in their particular field over the past year – as voted for by the British public. This year the Awards attracted over 14,000 nominations from the general British public.

Lewis's award is for achievements in the promotion, participation or encouragement of sport. Throughout the year. He was on the final shortlist with British boxer Ricky Hatton and Robin Knox-Johnson who is widely knows for becoming the first man to circumnavigate the globe non stop and single-handed on 22 April 1969.

Amongst the other winners on the night was Harry Potter author J.K Rowling and a Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Baroness Margaret Thatcher.