13. 9th, Katie Johnson
The 16-year-old athlete from Prestonpans was crowned Scottish champion for 800m at both under-17 and under-20 level and also won the English under-17 and under-20 800m titles.
The Edinburgh Athletic Club runner and George Watson’s College pupil also won the UK Schools Games 800m title, the Schools International 800m title and was selected to represent Great Britain at the Manchester International meeting, where she took the under-20 800m title.
Johnson was also part of the Scottish team that broke the long-standing 4 x 400m relay record at under-20 level.
Her stellar 2021 season culminated in the Sport Scotland Young Sportswoman Of The Year award at a prestigious ceremony in Glasgow. Photo: Edinburgh AC
14. 8, Lee McGregor
The 24-year-old boxer was already Commonwealth and British bantamweight champion, but added the European title to his collection in March and successfully defended it in August.
That takes his professional record to 11 wins out of 11.
The victories were mightily impressive. McGregor knocked reigning champion Karim Guerfi to the canvas three times in the first round in Bolton in March, McGregor winning before the first bell.
He then beat fellow Frenchman Vincent Legrand in four rounds in Belfast in August.
His year ended in personal turmoil with an injury and his dad being taken to hospital, but McGregor has plenty to be proud of in 2021. Photo: Paul Devlin / SNS
15. 7th, Martin Boyle
He has been a Hibs player for seven years, but in 2021 Boyle reached new heights, establishing himself as one of the sought-after forwards in Scottish football.
Boyle won the Scottish Premiership Player of the Month award for August after four goals in four league games. Hibs rejected an offer of £500,000 from Aberdeen for him that month and signed him up on a new contract that is due to run until the end of the 2023-24 season.
His first-half hat-trick against Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final at Hampden will live long in the memory for all Hibs fans.
The 28-year-old has scored 12 goals this season for Hibs and has also caught the eye on the international stage for Australia in the World Cup qualifiers. Photo: Craig Williamson
16. 6th, Hannah Darling
The Broomieknowe golfer sparked her best-ever season with a three-shot win in the St Rule Trophy in St Andrews, sealing her success with a 71 on the Old Course.
The teenager then enjoyed good runs in both the Scottish Women’s Amateur at Gullane and Women’s Amateur at Kilmarnock (Barassie) before winning the Girls’ Amateur Championship at Fulford - the first Scot to claim that prize since 2001.
Having also been runner-up in the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open at Troon, she deservedly secured a place in the Great Britain & Ireland team for the Curtis Cup at Conwy alongside fellow Scot Louise Duncan.
Darling made a sensational start to her US college career in September by leading the University of South Carolina to victory in an event in Minnesota on her debut. Photo: Jan Kruger