Four months after the Olympic Games, Annalise Murphy’s year continued to bring her success when the 26-year-old was crowned the Irish Times / Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year. Murphy captured national attention in Rio when she showed courage and determination to come back from a crushing fourth place in London 2012 to win an Olympic silver medal – the first sailing medal Ireland has won since David Wilkins and James Wilkinson’s silver in the Flying Dutchman class in Moscow in 1980.