Lisa Carrington

Dame
Lisa Carrington
DNZM
Carrington in 2022
Personal information
Born (1989-06-23) 23 June 1989
Tauranga, New Zealand
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse
Michael Buck
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(m. 2022)​
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)
K-1 200 m, K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m
ClubEastern Bay Canoe Racing Club (Whakatāne)
Coached byGordon Walker (2010–present)
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  New Zealand
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 8 0 1
World Championships 15 5 2
Total 23 5 3
Olympic Games
2012 London K-1 200 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 200 m
2020 Tokyo K-1 200 m
2020 Tokyo K-1 500 m
2020 Tokyo K-2 500 m
2024 Paris K-1 500 m
2024 Paris K-2 500 m
2024 Paris K-4 500 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 500 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
2017 Račice K-1 200 m
2017 Račice K-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 200 m
2019 Szeged K-1 200 m
2019 Szeged K-1 500 m
2022 Dartmouth K-1 200 m
2022 Dartmouth K-1 500 m
2023 Duisburg K-1 200 m
2023 Duisburg K-1 500 m
2023 Duisburg K-4 500 m
2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
2017 Račice K-1 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
2013 Duisburg K-1 500 m
2017 Račice K-4 500 m

Dame Lisa Marie Carrington DNZM (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. Carrington equalled Danuta Kozák's record of winning all three K-1, K-2, K-4 events, over 500 metres, at one Olympics.

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