There have been many victorious women who have triumphed in Irish sport down through the years, from the past successes of Sonia O'Sullivan to the numerous present day Irish females who continue to reach high standards in their various sports. Here, we take a look at some of the current influential women in Irish sport: RACHAEL BLACKMORE Rachael Blackmore is the most successful Irish female jockey of all time. The 2021 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year and BBC World Sport Star of the Year, who hails from County Tipperary, has placed her name in the horse racing history books with her memorable victories in National Hunt racing. Some of Blackmore's most recent achievements include conquering the 2021 Grand National with Minella Times when she became the first woman champion in the race's history. She also picked up the 2021 Cheltenham Champion Hurdle crown on board Honeysuckle before she completed the triple crown by winning the 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup riding A Plus Tard in March.placeholder image
There have been many victorious women who have triumphed in Irish sport down through the years, from the past successes of Sonia O'Sullivan to the numerous present day Irish females who continue to reach high standards in their various sports. Here, we take a look at some of the current influential women in Irish sport: RACHAEL BLACKMORE Rachael Blackmore is the most successful Irish female jockey of all time. The 2021 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year and BBC World Sport Star of the Year, who hails from County Tipperary, has placed her name in the horse racing history books with her memorable victories in National Hunt racing. Some of Blackmore's most recent achievements include conquering the 2021 Grand National with Minella Times when she became the first woman champion in the race's history. She also picked up the 2021 Cheltenham Champion Hurdle crown on board Honeysuckle before she completed the triple crown by winning the 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup riding A Plus Tard in March.

Influential women in Irish sport

By Tom Byrne
Published 17th Aug 2022, 11:51 GMT

RHASIDAT ADELEKE Rhasidat Adeleke was named The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the month for June following her superb form throughout the last few months which included adding a 100m national title to her ever growing list of achievements. The Irish sprinter won gold in the 200m at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Hungary and has since became double European U20 sprint champion (100m & 200m) at the 2021 European Athletics Championships in Estonia. Since January, Adeleke has broken indoor records in the Irish indoor 300m, 200m and 60m to put her name in the history books. She has also broken outdoor records as of late - beating the national 200m record in April and the national 400m record in May. The 19-year-old recently represented Ireland in July's World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

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RHASIDAT ADELEKE Rhasidat Adeleke was named The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the month for June following her superb form throughout the last few months which included adding a 100m national title to her ever growing list of achievements. The Irish sprinter won gold in the 200m at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Hungary and has since became double European U20 sprint champion (100m & 200m) at the 2021 European Athletics Championships in Estonia. Since January, Adeleke has broken indoor records in the Irish indoor 300m, 200m and 60m to put her name in the history books. She has also broken outdoor records as of late - beating the national 200m record in April and the national 400m record in May. The 19-year-old recently represented Ireland in July's World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.

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