Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month January 2023

The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month for January 2023 has been announced today as athlete Rhasidat Adeleke.

Rhasidat Adeleke has started 2023 as a contender for both our January and February awards.

 At January’s Martin Luther King Invitational in Albuquerque Adeleke knocked a chunk off her own Irish indoor 200 metres record which she had set on the same track 11 months before. At 22.52, it was the fastest time in the world so far this year and put her 25th on the all-time 200m indoors world list.

A fortnight after that 200m record, the Tallaght sprinter broke the Irish 400m record on the same track in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico Collegiate Classic. She beat Karen Shinkins’ 21-year-old Irish indoor 400m record lowering the time from 51.48 to 50.45.

 Congratulations to Rhasidat Adeleke, a very deserving nominee as The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month for January 2023.