In the second part of our review of the year we look at the key achievements from July to August.
With world titles aplenty there were numerous memorable moments for Britain’s athletes in the world of sport and we’ve picked out just a few of our favourites. If you missed part one click here!
July was a big month for tennis with Andy Murray reaching the semi-final of Wimbledon before coming unstuck against Roger Federer – though the Swiss maestro’s renaissance was halted by the dominant Novak Djokovic in the final.
He had the chance to quickly put the demons to bed though and helped Great Britain see off France in the Davis Cup quarter final at Queen’s Club – Murray winning two singles matches and a doubles match with brother Jamie to seal progress.
There was an historic moment in Paris where Chris Froome became the first Briton to take two Tour de France titles with the help of fellow Olympian Geraint Thomas.
At the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Britain’s divers got things going by claiming an impressive four medals with gold for Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree in the team event while there were bronze medals for Jack Laugher in the 3m springboard and 3m synchro with Chris Mears and Daley in the 10m platform.
And in Georgia a team of 44 young British athletes headed for the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi where they claimed 20 medals – four gold, eight silver and eight bronze.
The World Aquatics Championships were still in full flow in Russia and it was the turn of Britain’s swimmers where Adam Peaty stole the show with 50m and 100m gold.
There were seven more medals for Great Britain with James Guy winning gold as well as titles for two relay teams.
Britain’s modern pentathletes recovered from a disappointing World Championships to seal Rio qualification with team gold for the women and Joe Choong taking seventh at the European Championships in Bath.
At the Euro Hockey Championships England’s men missed out on bronze to Ireland but it was a joyous occasion for the women who claimed the title with a penalty shootout win over the Netherlands.
And at the Athletics World Championships in Beijing there was double gold for Mo Farah as well as gold for Jess Ennis-Hill (heptathlon) and Greg Rutherford (long jump)
There was also a silver medal in the long jump for Shara Proctor while there was also bronze for both 4x400m relay teams.
After finishing second in the medal table behind New Zealand in 2014, the country’s rowers established themselves as the preeminent force in the sport at the 2015 World Championships with 15 medals leaving them top of the standings.
Andy Murray had a tough time at the US Open where he was knocked out in the fourth round by South African giant Kevin Anderson but once again had the Davis Cup to ease his woes as he was instrumental in guiding Britain past Australia and into the final for the first time since 1978.
In Richmond, USA, Lizzie Armitstead became road world champion while in Chicago Non Stanford and Vicky Holland finished second and third in the Triathlon World Series Grand Final.
Back in London David Florence was right at home at Lee Valley for the Canoe Slalom World Championships where he took C1 gold and C2 team bronze while there was also bronze in the K1 team event and the women took silver in the same event.
And September saw the first of the team announcements for the Rio Olympic Games with eight sailors the first names confirmed for Team GB.
October started with a punch as Joe Joyce claimed his first World Championship medal with super heavyweight bronze in Doha.
Great Britain’s cyclists then got the chance to right some of the wrongs from the World Championships as they took top spot in the medal table at the European Track Championships.
Katie Archibald left with three gold medals to her name as did double Olympic champion Laura Trott who retained her scratch and omnium titles as well helping the Brits to the team pursuit title.
The month then finished in spectacular fashion at the Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow.
First came an inaugural medal for the women’s all-around team as they took bronze before the men’s team secured a slice of history for themselves with all-around silver.
Max Whitlock then clinched floor silver before becoming the first British man to win a world title as he took pommel horse gold with Louis Smith winning silver.
As well as shooting Team GB also announced the canoe slalom athletes that would head to Brazil with David Florence, Richard Hounslow, Fiona Pennie and Joe Clarke the four that made the cut.
At the European Curling Championships Eve Muirhead led her rink to silver after losing out on gold to Russia 6-4 in the final.
And the tennis season came to a spectacular end with Andy Murray once again coming up trumps after he won three matches to remain unbeaten in this season’s Davis Cup competition and help Great Britain overcome Belgium for their first title in 79 years.
In December Great Britain’s men headed east to India while the women were westward bound as both hockey teams took their places at the Hockey World League Finals.
The men were first up but could only manage a sixth-place finish while the women fared no better in Argentina as they placed seventh.
At the Taekwondo Grand Prix Final in Mexico City Lutalo Muhammad took 80kg gold, Mahama Cho took +80kg bronze as did Jade Jones in the 57kg division.
Chris and Gabby Adcock ended the year on a high as they claimed their share of the one-million dollar prize money on offer in Dubai as they took victory in the World Superseries Final.
And the year’s top performers were named on the shortlist for the Sports Personality of the Year with Ellie Downie in the final three for the young gong.
For the top prize there were plenty of nominations for those who could shine in Rio next year with Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford, Andy Murray, Chris Froome, Lizzie Armitstead, Adam Peaty and Max Whitlock all getting the nod. Sportsbeat 2015