Katie Taylor: No Respect

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From ‘Gaelick’:

And people thought the BBC’s Sports Person of the Year shortlist was bad?

Katie Taylor has been shortlisted for the Irish Sports Council/RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Awards in 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007.

This morning the 2011 winner was announced, and once again Taylor – undisputedly Ireland’s greatest athlete ever – has been overlooked. This is not a first for RTÉ, which seems to pride itself on almost invariably ignoring Taylor.

The only woman to ever have won the award was Sonia O’Sullivan in 2000.

These are just some – some – of Katie Taylor’s achievements:

  • She has won every European Amateur Championship title since 2005.
  • She has won every EU Amateur Championship title since 2008.
  • She has won every World Amateur Championship title (held biennially) since 2006.
  • In 2009, she had won 60 out of 61 bouts.
  • In 2010, with her third successive world title at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, she saw her 100th career win.

Katie Taylor has probably had more wins in her sporting career than each of the previous RTÉ Sports Persons of the Year combined.

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FAIL: RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Awards (Gaelick)

Thanks Nuala C
(Pic: Guardian)
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