Nationality New Zealand Height 1.68 m Weight 53 kg | Role Sportsperson Name Lisa Carrington | |
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Club Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club (Whakatane) Similar People Teneale Hatton, Inna Osypenko‑Radomska, Natasa Dusev‑Janics, Marta Walczykiewicz, Sarah Walker Profiles | ||
Lisa carrington maori new zealand olympic gold canoe hopeful
Lisa Carrington, (born 23 June 1989) is a New Zealand flatwater canoer. She won gold in the Women's K-1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships.
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- Lisa carrington maori new zealand olympic gold canoe hopeful
- Olympic gold medallist lisa carrington made mnzm
- Early and private life
- Canoeing
- Awards and honours
- Sponsorship and advertising work
- References
Olympic gold medallist lisa carrington made mnzm
Early and private life
Born in Tauranga, Carrington was raised in Ohope Beach, a satellite town of Whakatane in the eastern Bay of Plenty, and is of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou descent. She attended Whakatane High School, and Massey University in Albany. Her partner is Michael Buck.
Canoeing
In June 2009 she won a bronze medal at the World Cup regatta held in Szeged, Hungary, competing alongside Teneale Hatton in the women's K-2 1000 metres event. In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France.
Carrington and Hatton won three gold medals at the 2010 Oceania Canoe Championships; they won the 500 and 1000 metres K-2 events and were joined by Rachael Dodwell and Erin Taylor to win the K-4 500 metres. The pair became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland;. Their time of one minute 42.365 seconds in the semifinals meant they qualified third fastest for the final of the K-2 500 metres, however they finished the final in ninth position.
At the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Carrington won the gold medal in the women's K–1 200 metres event; and became the first New Zealand woman to win a canoeing World Championship title. The result secured an Olympic qualification berth for New Zealand. She was also honoured with the Māori Senior Sports Woman of the Year Award.
At the 2012 Oceania Championships, Carrington won gold medals in the K-1 200 metres and in the K-2 200 metres with Erin Taylor.
Carrington represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom In the K-2 500 metres, Carrington and Taylor finished 7th, and in the K-1 200 metres Carrington won the gold medal.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she defended her gold medal in the K-1 200 metres event and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event. In doing so, she became the first New Zealand woman to win multiple medals at the same Olympic games. Carrington was the flag bearer at the 2016 closing ceremony. She is coached by Gordon Walker.
Awards and honours
Carrington was chosen New Zealand's Māori Sportsperson of the year in November 2012, and senior Māori sportswoman of the year. Carrington was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours, for her services to kayaking. At the 2016 Halberg Awards, she won the Sportswoman of the Year and also won the Supreme Award.
Sponsorship and advertising work
Carrington is an athlete ambassador for Beef and Lamb New Zealand, alongside Eliza McCartney, Sophie Pascoe and Sarah Walker.