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'''Lisa Carrington''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit|MNZM]]}} (born 23 June 1989)<ref name="CR NZ">{{cite web |title=Lisa Carrington |url=http://canoeracing.org.nz/2012-london-olympics/meet-the-olympic-squad/lisa-carrington |publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand |accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> is a New Zealand [[Canoe sprint|flatwater canoer]]. She won gold in the Women's K-1 200 metres at the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|2016 Summer Olympics]], as well as gold in the same event at the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships]].
'''Lisa Carrington''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit|MNZM]]}} (born 23 June 1989)<ref name="CR NZ">{{cite web|title=Lisa Carrington |url=http://canoeracing.org.nz/2012-london-olympics/meet-the-olympic-squad/lisa-carrington |publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand |accessdate=17 September 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821145819/http://www.canoeracing.org.nz/2012-london-olympics/meet-the-olympic-squad/lisa-carrington |archivedate=21 August 2012 |df= }}</ref> is a New Zealand [[Canoe sprint|flatwater canoer]]. She won gold in the Women's K-1 200 metres at the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|2016 Summer Olympics]], as well as gold in the same event at the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships]].


==Early and private life==
==Early and private life==
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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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kiwis take three Oceania kayaking golds|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3327565/Kiwis-take-three-Oceania-kayaking-golds|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=14 February 2010|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> The pair became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the [[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[Poznań]], Poland;.<ref name=final>{{cite news|title=Kiwi women qualify for kayaking final |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/4047596/Kiwi-women-qualify-for-kayaking-final|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=21 August 2010|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> 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.<ref name=final/>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kiwis take three Oceania kayaking golds|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3327565/Kiwis-take-three-Oceania-kayaking-golds|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=14 February 2010|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> The pair became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the [[2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[Poznań]], Poland;.<ref name=final>{{cite news|title=Kiwi women qualify for kayaking final |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/4047596/Kiwi-women-qualify-for-kayaking-final|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=21 August 2010|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> 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.<ref name=final/>


At the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in Szeged, Carrington won the gold medal in the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Women's K–1 200 m|women's K–1 200 metres]] event; and became the first New Zealand woman to win a canoeing World Championship title.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carrington restores canoeing credibility|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympic-games/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10803313|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=4 May 2012|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> The result secured an Olympic qualification berth for New Zealand.<ref name=ICF>{{cite web|title=Australia Secures three Olympic Quotas at Oceania Championships|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/March-2012/Australia-Earns-three-additional-spots-at-London-2012.html|publisher=International Canoe federation|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> She was also honoured with the [[Māori people|Māori]] Senior Sports Woman of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Carrington wins Maori Sports Award|url=http://canoeracing.org.nz/Home-1/News/Archive/2011/Maori-Sports-Awards-honours?c9003cp=31&c9003ps=3|publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref>
At the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in Szeged, Carrington won the gold medal in the [[2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Women's K–1 200 m|women's K–1 200 metres]] event; and became the first New Zealand woman to win a canoeing World Championship title.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carrington restores canoeing credibility|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympic-games/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10803313|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=4 May 2012|agency=New Zealand Press Association}}</ref> The result secured an Olympic qualification berth for New Zealand.<ref name=ICF>{{cite web|title=Australia Secures three Olympic Quotas at Oceania Championships |url=http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/March-2012/Australia-Earns-three-additional-spots-at-London-2012.html |publisher=International Canoe federation |accessdate=19 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801164108/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/March-2012/Australia-Earns-three-additional-spots-at-London-2012.html |archivedate= 1 August 2012 |df= }}</ref> She was also honoured with the [[Māori people|Māori]] Senior Sports Woman of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Carrington wins Maori Sports Award|url=http://canoeracing.org.nz/Home-1/News/Archive/2011/Maori-Sports-Awards-honours?c9003cp=31&c9003ps=3|publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref>


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.<ref name=ICF/><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 ICF Oceania Championship|url=http://www.canoeracing.org.nz/home-1/news/archive/2012/icf-oceania-championships|publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref name=ICF/><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 ICF Oceania Championship |url=http://www.canoeracing.org.nz/home-1/news/archive/2012/icf-oceania-championships |publisher=Canoe Racing New Zealand |accessdate=19 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718044714/http://www.canoeracing.org.nz/home-1/news/archive/2012/icf-oceania-championships |archivedate=18 July 2012 |df= }}</ref>


Carrington represented [[New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Plumb|first=Simon|title=Kayaker Lisa Carrington has eyes on gold|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/6856817/Kayaker-Lisa-Carrington-has-eyes-on-gold|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=4 May 2012|agency=Fairfax NZ News}}</ref> In the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 metres]], Carrington and Taylor finished 7th, and in the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|K-1 200 metres]] Carrington won the gold medal.
Carrington represented [[New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Plumb|first=Simon|title=Kayaker Lisa Carrington has eyes on gold|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/6856817/Kayaker-Lisa-Carrington-has-eyes-on-gold|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=4 May 2012|agency=Fairfax NZ News}}</ref> In the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 metres]], Carrington and Taylor finished 7th, and in the [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|K-1 200 metres]] Carrington won the gold medal.

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Lisa Carrington
Carrington at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 (age 35)
Tauranga, New Zealand
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[2]
Sport
ClubEastern Bay Canoe Racing Club (Whakatane)[3]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships 5 1 1
Total 7 1 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szeged K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan K-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Duisburg K-1 500 m

Lisa Carrington, MNZM (born 23 June 1989)[3] 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.

Early and private life

Born in Tauranga,[4] 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.[5] She attended Whakatane High School, and Massey University in Albany.[3] Her partner is Michael Buck.[6]

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.[7] In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France.[8]

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.[9] 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;.[10] 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.[10]

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.[11] The result secured an Olympic qualification berth for New Zealand.[12] She was also honoured with the Māori Senior Sports Woman of the Year Award.[13]

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.[12][14]

Carrington represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom[15] 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[16] and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event.[17] In doing so, she became the first New Zealand woman to win multiple medals at the same Olympic games.[6] Carrington was the flag bearer at the 2016 closing ceremony.[18] She is coached by Gordon Walker.[3]

Awards and honours

Carrington was chosen New Zealand's Māori Sportsperson of the year in November 2012, and senior Māori sportswoman of the year.[19] Carrington was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours, for her services to kayaking.[20] At the 2016 Halberg Awards, she won the Sportswoman of the Year and also won the Supreme Award.[6]

Sponsorship and advertising work

Carrington is an ambassador for Beef and Lamb New Zealand, alongside other athlete ambassadors Eliza McCartney, Sophie Pascoe and Sarah Walker.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Carrington – Profile – London 2012 Olympics". Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Lisa Carrington – Profile – Rio 2016 Olympics". Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Lisa Carrington". Canoe Racing New Zealand. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Plumb, Simon (11 August 2012). "Carrington wins gold in K1 200m". Fairfax Media New Zealand (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Iwi hails Carrington's prowess". Radio New Zealand. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Burgess, Michael (9 February 2017). "Lisa Carrington queen of sport with Halberg Awards wins". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ^ Leggat, David (13 August 2009). "Kayaking: Custom boat helps get speed up". New Zealand herald. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  8. ^ Cleaver, Dylan (10 May 2012). "Kayaking: Young Kiwis paddle to first in K2 1000". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Kiwis take three Oceania kayaking golds". New Zealand Press Association. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Kiwi women qualify for kayaking final". New Zealand Press Association. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Carrington restores canoeing credibility". New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Press Association. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Australia Secures three Olympic Quotas at Oceania Championships". International Canoe federation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Lisa Carrington wins Maori Sports Award". Canoe Racing New Zealand. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  14. ^ "2012 ICF Oceania Championship". Canoe Racing New Zealand. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Plumb, Simon (4 May 2012). "Kayaker Lisa Carrington has eyes on gold". Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  16. ^ "NZ Herald Olympics Banner Rio Olympics 2016: Lisa Carrington claims gold in K1 200m". NZ Herald. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  17. ^ Hinton, Marc (19 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Lisa Carrington claims bronze in women's K1 500m final". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Lisa Carrington to carry the NZ flag at closing ceremony". The New Zealand Herald. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Carrington wins Maori Sportsperson of Year". Fairfax Media (via Stuff.co.nz). 24 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  20. ^ "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  21. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: McCartney becomes an Iron Maiden". The New Zealand Herald. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Awards
Preceded by Halberg Awards – Supreme Award
2016 		Incumbent
Preceded by New Zealand's Sportswoman of the Year
2016 		Incumbent
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