The RTÉ Sport Awards 2022 took place live on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player and in front of a live studio audience in RTÉ on Saturday night.
Katie Taylor was named the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year for the third time. The Bray boxer remained unbeaten in all 22 professional fights to retain her IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO world lightweight titles, first in the iconic Madison Square Garden with a career-defining victory over great rival Amanda Serrano, and then over Argentinian Karen Elizabeth Carabajal in London.
Ireland’s Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls pair Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy claimed another world title after destroying the field at the World Rowing Championships in the Czech Republic and were this evening winners of the RTÉ Sport Team of the Year award. The Skibbereen duo had a summer to remember as they also cruised to victory in the final at the European Rowing Championships in Munich.
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke announced herself on the world stage with a blistering run in the final of the women’s 400m at the European Championship in Munich, finishing fifth, and breaking her own new Irish record she set in May. Earlier in the year the Tallaght woman also broke the Irish 60m indoor record, Tonight she was named RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year.
Vera Pauw was revealed as the RTÉ Sport Manager of the Year after a year in which the Republic of Ireland’s Dutch Manager masterminded a first-ever major tournament qualification, reaching the World Cup in Australia/New Zealand next summer after a 1-0 playoff win over Scotland in Glasgow.
