RTÉ Sports Person of the Year

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award is the titular award of the RTÉ Sports Awards ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the Irish sportsperson (from the island of Ireland) judged to have achieved the most that year. The winner was originally chosen by a special panel of RTÉ journalists and editorial staff, but was selected by a public vote from a predetermined shortlist in 2016.

History

The first Irish sports award ceremony took place in 1985, and was closely modelled on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

Four people have won the award multiple times: athlete Sonia O'Sullivan won the award five times, including a record three successive awards, and golfer Pádraig Harrington and boxer Katie Taylor, with three wins, and golfer Rory McIlroy, who won it twice. The oldest recipient of the award is Christy O'Connor Jnr, who won in 1989 aged 41. Rory McIlroy, who first won in 2011, aged 22, is the youngest winner. Ten sporting disciplines have been represented; golf has the highest representation, with eight recipients.

Eamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth, who won the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1988, are the only non-individual winners of the award. Counting them separately, there have been thirty-four winners of the award (from 1985 to 2024). Seven of these have been Northern Irish. The most recent award was made in 2024 to double Olympic champion rower Paul O'Donovan.

Winners

RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Award winners
Year Winner Sport Sporting synopsis Ref.
1985 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Defeated Eusebio Pedroza to become World Boxing Association featherweight champion. [1]
1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". Cycling He finished on a podium in a grand tour for the first time when he finished third in the 1986 Vuelta a España. [1]
1987 Script error: No such module "Sort". Cycling Winner of the 1987 Tour de France, 1987 Giro d'Italia and 1987 World Cycling Championships, becoming only the second man after Eddy Merckx to win cycling's Triple Crown. [1]
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort".
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Script error: No such module "Sort". 		Golf For winning the 1988 Dunhill Cup. [1]
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf For a "pivotal" 2 iron shot on the last hole at the Belfry which he left just 4 feet from the hole during the successful 1989 Ryder Cup.
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort". Soccer For his penalty save from Daniel Timofte of Romania which propelled the Republic of Ireland to the quarter-final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [1]
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rugby union Overall top scorer with 68 points at the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Gold medallist in the welterweight section at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics Silver medallist in the 1500m at the World Championships.
1994 Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics Gold medallist in the 3000m at the European Championships.
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics Gold medallist in the 5000m at the World Championships.
1996 Script error: No such module "Sort". Swimming Triple Olympic gold medallist for the 400m individual medley, 400m freestyle and 200m individual medley, and bronze medallist for the 200m butterfly event.
1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". Snooker Winner of the 1997 World Snooker Championship.
1998 Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics Double gold medallist at the World Cross-Country Championships and double gold medallist at the European Championships.
1999 Script error: No such module "Sort". Soccer Captain of the Manchester United team that completed a treble of English Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League successes.
2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". Athletics Olympic silver medallist in the women's 5000m at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. This was her record fifth win in the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year. [2]
2001 Script error: No such module "Sort". Soccer Secured qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup for the Republic of Ireland national soccer team. [3]
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Member of the European team that won the 2002 Ryder Cup. [4]
2003 Script error: No such module "Sort". Horse racing Winning jockey of the Aintree Grand National on Monty's Pass. [5]
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rugby union Out-half of the Ireland team that won the Triple Crown in the 2004 Six Nations Championship. [6]
2005 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hurling All-Ireland- winning captain with Cork and winner of a third All-Ireland medal.
2006 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hurling Won his fourth All-Ireland medal with Kilkenny as well as being named Hurler of the Year for a second time. [7]
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Became the first Irishman in over sixty years to win the Open Championship. [8]
2008 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Retained his Open Championship, thus becoming the first European to win back to back major championships.
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rugby union Grand Slam-winning captain and member of the Leinster team that won the 2008–09 Heineken Cup [9]
2010 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Winner of the 2010 US Open and member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup. [10]
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Winner of the 2011 US Open. [11]
2012 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Olympic gold medallist in the women's lightweight section at the 2012 London Olympic Games. [12]
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". Horse racing 18-times champion jockey who created history in November when he rode his 4,000th winner over jumps. [13]
2014 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Won the 2014 Open Championship and 2014 PGA Championship, became the first European to win three different majors, and was a member of the European team that won the 2014 Ryder Cup. [14]
2015 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Won the gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships. [15]
2016 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mixed martial arts Became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously. [16]
2017 Script error: No such module "Sort". Soccer Scored one of Ireland's most famous goals when he netted to secure a 1-0 win away to Wales, which secured a 2018 FIFA World Cup playoff spot. [17]
2018 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rugby union Won a Six Nations Grand Slam with Ireland, a Pro14-Champions Cup double with Leinster and was named World Rugby Player of the Year. [18]
2019 Script error: No such module "Sort". Golf Winner of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club. [19]
2020 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Successfully defended her undisputed lightweight belts after defeating Delfine Persoon and Miriam Gutiérrez. [20]
2021 Script error: No such module "Sort". Horse racing The first woman to win the Grand National and the first to claim the leading rider title at the Cheltenham Festival. [21]
2022 Script error: No such module "Sort". Boxing Successfully defended her undisputed lightweight belts after defeating Amanda Serrano in a historic fight at Madison Square Garden, and also beating Karen Carabajal.[22]
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". Gymnastics McClenaghan won a second European title and retained the world title in the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Entered Olympic year as reigning World, European and Commonwealth Games champion in the pommel horse. [23]
2024 Script error: No such module "Sort". Rowing O'Donovan won a second Olympic gold medal and third Olympic Medal in a row alongside Fintan McCarthy and won a World title in the lightweight Single Sculls

Gallery

By number of wins

This table lists those who have won more than once (ordered by the most wins, with the earliest win acting as a tie-breaker).

Accurate up-to and including the 2022 award.

Multiple winners
Winner Number of wins
Sonia O'Sullivan 5
Pádraig Harrington 3
Katie Taylor 3
Rory McIlroy 2

By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by the winner's sport (ordered by number of wins, with the earliest win acting as a tie-breaker). The 3 winners in 1988 (all golfers) are counted separately.

Accurate up-to and including the 2024 award.

Winners by sport
Sport Number of wins
Golf Template:Nts
Boxing Template:Nts
Athletics Template:Nts
Soccer Template:Nts
Rugby union Template:Nts
Horse racing Template:Nts
Cycling Template:Nts
Hurling Template:Nts
Swimming Template:Nts
Snooker Template:Nts
Mixed martial arts Template:Nts
Gymnastics Template:Nts
Rowing Template:Nts
Total Template:Nts

By gender

This table lists the total number of awards won by the winner's gender. There have not yet been any mixed-gender winners (unlike figure-skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in the British equivalent). The 3 (male) winners in 1988 are counted separately.

Accurate up-to and including the 2023 award.

Winners by gender
Gender Number of wins
Male Template:Nts
Female Template:Nts
Mixed Template:Nts
Total Template:Nts

By disability

So far (as of the 2022 awards) all winners have been able-bodied athletes, but para athletes among the nominees have included Jason Smyth (para athletics) in 2012 to 2014, 2017 to 2019, and 2021, and Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (para cycling) in 2016 and 2017.

2010s winners and nominees

The winner is in bold.

2010

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2011

[25]

2012

[26]

2013

[27]

2014

[28]

2015

[29]

2016

[30][31]

2017

[32][33]

2018

[34][35]

2019

[36][37]

2020s winners and nominees

The winner is in bold.

2020

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2021

[41][42][43]

2022

[44][45]

2023

[46][23]

2024

Young Sportsperson of the Year

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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