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06 Sept 2025

Influential women in Irish sport

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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