Humbled Heffernan walks Cork Person of the Year award

You could say he walked it! The man who won Ireland’s first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in 18 years has been crowned Cork Person of the Year.

Humbled Heffernan walks Cork Person of the Year award
Sat, 18 Jan, 2014 - 00:00
Sean O’Riordan

It came as little surprise to the 250 guests at the awards ceremony in Rochestown Park Hotel yesterday that the judges had chosen Rob Heffernan as the winner.

The 35-year-old was always going to be a frontrunner after his triumph in the 50km walk in Moscow last August.

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