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Boards Irish Athlete of the Year

  • 06-01-2010 12:42pm
    #1
    thirtyfoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭


    Here is your chance to vote for who you think was the Irish Athlete of the Year for 2009.

    These 10 were the top 10 from votes recieved for each of the Athlete of the Quarters.

    Poll will close on Sunday at 5pm. Votes will be merged with the regular voting panel to decide the winner.

    Ciara Mageean
    David Gillick
    David McCarthy (Waterford version)
    Derval O' Rourke
    Fionnuala Britton
    Mark Kenneally
    Martin Fagan
    Mary Cullen
    Olive Loughnane
    Paul Hession

    Who was Irish Athlete of the Year for 2009? 33 votes

    Ciara Mageean
    0% 0 votes
    David Gillick
    3% 1 vote
    David McCarthy
    15% 5 votes
    Derval O' Rourke
    0% 0 votes
    Fionnuala Britton
    15% 5 votes
    Mark Kenneally
    0% 0 votes
    Martin Fagan
    6% 2 votes
    Mary Cullen
    0% 0 votes
    Olive Loughnane
    0% 0 votes
    Paul Hession
    60% 20 votes


Comments

  • #2
    baza1976
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭baza1976


    Where is Enduro??? Irish record breaker during 2009!!!


  • #3
    thirtyfoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭thirtyfoot


    Of the 29 athletes who got nominations throughout the year he wasn't one. This list is the top 10 of that 29. Albeit its very focused on track and field, road and cross. This is probably due to the fact that ultra running will have very small exposure within the larger athletics family and the majority are unaware of even its existence. Similarly, you look at any global Athlete of the Year awards and its athletes from the T&F, Cross, Road worlds who are solely on them.


  • #4
    Enduro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Enduro


    Thanks for the thought Baza.

    Another difference with Ultrarunning is that it has a seperate governing body, the IAU, which is recognised by the IAAF. (Mountain running has a similar arrangement).


  • #5
    thirtyfoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭thirtyfoot


    Olive Loughnane is the Irish Athlete of the Year as voted by the Boards posters. A glorious silver medal in Berlin was the highlight. Its great to look at Olive's progress through the years and the belief and perserverance she must of had to keep going. Not finished yet of course but she has got better and better over the past decade after a blip in the middle.

    Sydney '00 35th
    World '01 11th
    Euro '02 13th
    Worlds '03 12th
    Athens '04 DNF
    World '05 DQ
    Worlds '07 17th
    Beijing '08 7th
    Worlds '09 2nd


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