W.Either Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic or Max Verstappen – no, Rachael Blackmore won the public vote for “International Sports Personality of the Year” by the British broadcaster BBC. While the name of the 32-year-old Irish woman might raise one or two question marks among many German sports fans, the racing rider has long been as well known in England and especially in her homeland as the American football superstar, tennis player or Formula One driver . Because Blackmore has rushed from record to record this year. “I had such big dreams, but this year has exceeded everything I could ever imagine,” said Blackmore after the awards ceremony, which had to take place at Manchester Airport with little ceremony because she was unable to get to the BBC studio on time due to a flight delay managed.
The late arrival was rather untypical for the farmer’s daughter from County Tipperary, because she was usually the fastest this season. Above all in the most famous obstacle race in the world, the Grand National at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool. In April she was the first woman to win the infamous race over giant jumps such as “Becher’s Brook” or “The Chair” at the 11/1 Chance Minella Times. At that time she coined the sentence: “I don’t feel female or male right now, I don’t even feel human.”
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