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Who do you think should be the 2016 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year?

12 nominees are in the running.
6.30am, 16 Dec 2016
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12 NOMINEES FROM across a wide-range of sports are in the hunt to pick up the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year award.

The winner, which has been chosen by a public vote, will be announced on 17 December when the RTÉ Sport Awards take place.

All-Ireland winners Seamus Callanan, Brian Fenton, Denise Gaule and Bríd Stack have all been nominated from GAA, while world champion boxer Carl Frampton and MMA fighter Conor McGregor are also in the running.

Olympic and Paralympic heroes Annalise Murphy, Paul O’Donovan, Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal, and Eoghan Clifford are all nominated too.

World Rugby Player of the Year nominee Jamie Heaslip completes the shortlist.

Who do you think should be the 2016 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year?
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  • Seamus Callanan with the Liam McCarthy Cup

    Source: James Crombie/INPHO

  • Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal with family

    Source: James Crombie/INPHO

  • Eoghan Clifford with his family Zofia and Magdalena Clifford

    Source: James Crombie/INPHO

  • Brian Fenton celebrates

    Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

  • Denise Gaule

    Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

  • Conor McGregor celebrates winning

    Source: Tom Hogan/INPHO

  • Kieran Read and Jamie Heaslip

    Source: James Crombie/INPHO

  • Daryl Horgan

    Source: Dov Halickman/INPHO

  • Carl Frampton celebrates after defeating Leo Santa Cruz

    Source: Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO

  • Annalise Murphy celebrates receiving her silver medal

    Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO

Who do you think deserves to win the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year?


Poll Results:

 Conor McGregor (3109)
 Paul O’Donovan (1050)
 Carl Frampton (431)
Seamus Callanan (361)
 Annalise Murphy (346)
 Jamie Heaslip (340)
 Daryl Horgan (202)
 Bríd Stack (85)
 Brian Fenton (72)
 Eoghan Clifford (24)
 Denise Gaule (23)
 Katie George Dunlevy & Eve McCrystal (22)

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