Nominees for RTÉ's Young Sportsperson of the Year revealed
Ottoline Spearman
The nominees for RTÉ's Young Sportsperson of the Year have been announced.
The RTÉ Sport Awards include awards for Sportsperson of the Year, Sport Manager of the Year, and Young Sportsperson of the Year.
Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney and David Gillick will present the RTÉ Sport Awards on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 8.05pm on Saturday, December 20th.
The nominees for Young Sportsperson are the following:
Alex Dunne: The first Irish driver to win an F2 race, winning in Bahrain and Italy.
Conor Kelly: Crowned best under-20 400 metres runner in Europe by winning 400m Gold at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Finland.
John Shortt: Gold-medallist in the 200m Backstroke at the European Short-Course Championships and double gold at the World Junior Championships in both the 100m and 200m Backstroke.
Michael Noonan: Youngest ever scorer of a UEFA Conference League goal, scoring for Shamrock Rovers v Molde at the age of 16, as well as helping the Hoops to a League and FAI Cup double.
Patsy Joyce: Won World Boxing Bronze at 55kg weight at the World Championships in Liverpool
Roisin Ni Riain: A hat-trick of silvers at the World Para Swimming Championships plus two further bronze medals.
Sean Butterly: Won World Gold Junior Mens K1 at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Hungary.
