Kellie Harrington has won the HerSport Athlete of the Year accolade.
Kellie, fresh from being crowned Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year, was shortlisted as a HerSport athlete of the year in December, for making history in Paris. On August 6th, Kellie became the first ever Irish boxer to successfully defend her Tokyo Olympic title, taking home her second Olympic gold in her 4-1 defeat of China’s Wenlu Yang at the iconic Roland Garros Stadium.
Kellie was nominated alongside Katie Taylore (Boxing), Ciara Mageean (Athletics), Clare Cryan (Swimming), Fionnuala McCormack (Athletics), Laura Hayes (Football), Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh (Football), Margaret Cremen (Cycling), Mona McSharry (Swimming) and Orla Comerford (Athletics)
In bestowing the accolade, HerSport says “Kellie doesn’t need much of an introduction – she has won gold at back to back Olympics and is one of the biggest stars in Irish sport today.
The whole country banded together to cheer on Kellie at this past year’s Olympic Games when she made it to the finals. She defeated Yang Wenlu to win the gold medal before announcing her retirement from boxing. Well done Kellie!”