Lisa Carrington

Lisa Carrington

File:2013-09-01 Kanu Renn WM 2013 by Olaf Kosinsky-134.jpg Carrington at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1989-06-23) 23 June 1989 Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Club	Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club (Whakatane)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London K-1 200 m World Championships 2011 Szeged K-1 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 200 m 2014 Moscow K-1 200 m 2015 Milan K-1 200 m 2015 Milan K-1 500 m 2014 Moscow K-1 500 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 500 m

Lisa Carrington, MNZM (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, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships.

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. She is coached by Gordon Walker.

Carrington was chosen New Zealand's Māori Sportsperson of the year in November 2012, and senior Māori sportswoman of the year. Carrington was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for her services to kayaking.

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 was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, in the K-2 500 metres alongside Taylor, and individually in the K-1 200 metres. She and Taylor came 7th in the K-2 500 metres. Carrington won the gold medal in the K-1 200 metres event, after setting a new Olympic record time of 40.528 seconds in her semifinal.