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Record-breaker Rachel Blackmore was crowned RTE Sports Personality of the Year at the awards show on Saturday night.
Blackmore made history last season by being the first jockey to win the Leading Rider award at the Cheltenham Festival, in a week in which honeysuckle starred in the Mana’s Champion.
A great season turned magical when Blackmore broke another record, this time becoming the first woman to win the Grand National title at Aintree on another horse trained by Henry de Broomhead, the Minella Times.
Blackmore was challenged by boxers Kelly Harrington and Katie Taylor, golfer Leona Maguire, Paralympians Ellen Kane and Jason Smith, Limerick pitcher Sean Lynch and soccer player Myth Vicki Wall.
The Sportsperson of the Year award is a stunning sugar-coated week for Blackmore, who also crowned HRI Irish Racing Hero and Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year.
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Joan Cantwell and Darrag Maloney presented the accolades at RTE One, with Ireland’s top goalkeeper, Gavin Pazono, named Young Athlete of the Year.
Ireland lightweight rowing coach Dominic Casey won the Manager of the Year award, while Katie George Dunleavy and Eve McChrystal were named Sports Team of the Year.
Double world cross country champion, Olympic silver medalist and CEO of Sport Ireland, John Tracy, has also been inducted into the RTE Sports Hall of Fame.
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First published at 7:00 AM, December 19, 2021
