KATIE TAYLOR

 

Katie Taylor has been ever present on this list and retains her place on the eve of bidding for her 22nd professional win.

The Gold Medal in London was the first Ireland had won as a nation in four Olympic Games and all the sweeter for that.

All the way up until 2021 she has been voted by the public as Ireland’s Most Admired Athlete in the annual Tenor Sport Sponsorship Sentiment Index.

Earlier this month she was one of only two Irish stars and the only boxer in the Sports Pro list of the world’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes.

She has completed the long-awaited bout with Amanda Serrano and while the crowning glory of a return bout in Dublin still seems something of a mirage, she retains her hold over all of our imaginations.

See who else has been named on the list alongside Katie Taylor by clicking on the image below.

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This is the tenth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

Read more about the list and nominate who you think should be a part of it in 2022.

We are proud to do so again this year with AIG, an organisation that has pledged its commitment to equality in its partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

This year’s list will be drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.