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Lisa Carrington

1989 - Today

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Dame Lisa Marie Carrington (born 23 June 1989) is a flatwater canoeist and New Zealand's most successful Olympian, having won a total of eight gold medals and one bronze medal. She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K‑1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she also won a gold medal in the K‑2 500 metres, with Caitlin Regal, and as an individual in the K‑1 500 metres. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Carrington defended her titles in the K‑1 500 metres and K‑2 500 metres event (with Alicia Hoskin) and also won the K‑4 500 metres event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lisa Carrington is the 5,069th most popular athlete (down from 4,941st in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lisa Carrington ranks 5,069 out of 6,025. Before her are Naomi van As, Wang Lei, Fernando Pimenta, Dimitri Bascou, Hanna Marusava, and Diane Dixon. After her are Yuliya Skokova, Noor Vidts, Antoinette Nana Djimou, Rosalba Forciniti, Danny Harris, and Daichi Takatani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Lisa Carrington ranks 982. Before her are Edenílson, Anel Rashkaj, Jetse Bol, Fernando Pimenta, Adilbek Niyazymbetov, and Jefferson Montero. After her are Tom-Jelte Slagter, Taisuke Muramatsu, Marcelo Demoliner, Ben Mee, Sercan Sararer, and Nataliya Goncharova.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Lisa Carrington ranks 222 out of 303. Before her are Beauden Barrett (1991), James Bannatyne (1975), Bret McKenzie (1976), Marco Rojas (1991), Chris Killen (1981), and Maddison Keeney (1996). After her are Tony Lochhead (1982), Tom Ashley (1984), Martin Crowe (1962), Brooke Fraser (1983), Glen Moss (1983), and Daniel Bedingfield (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Lisa Carrington ranks 36. Before her are Daniel López (null), Barbara Kendall (1967), Rob Waddell (1975), Hamish Carter (1971), Laurel Hubbard (1978), and Maddison Keeney (1996). After her are Tom Ashley (1984), Nick Willis (1983), Hayden Wilde (1997), Danyon Loader (1975), Hamish Kerr (null), and Beatrice Faumuina (1974).

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