Sport
- January - Simon Lawson of Cardiff wins the 28th annual Richard Burton 10 km run in a time of 31 minutes.
- March 21 - Wales are narrowly defeated by Ireland to finish third overall in the 2009 Six Nations Championship (rugby union).
- June - The first race meeting is held at the newly-constructed Ffos Las racecourse.
- December 12 - Ryan Giggs wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2009.
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