Dame Lisa Marie Carrington is a New Zealand sprint kayaker and New Zealand's most successful Olympian, with eight gold medals and one bronze across the 2012 to 2024 Games. She won three consecutive golds in the women's K-1 200 meters at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics, added golds in K-1 500m and K-2 500m at Tokyo 2020, and won three more golds at the 2024 Paris Olympics in K-1 500m, K-2 500m and K-4 500m. She has also won 15 gold medals at World Championships.
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Career HighlightWon a total of eight Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal, New Zealand's most successful Olympian 1 Classification
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Which Olympic titles has Lisa Carrington successfully defended?
She defended the K-1 200 metres title from 2012 to 2020 and both the K-1 500 metres and K-2 500 metres titles from Tokyo 2020 to Paris 2024.
Olympedia lists Lisa Carrington among the sprint canoeists who successfully defended their Olympic title in the same event in back-to-back Games, and it records three such defences. In the women's kayak singles over 200 metres, her title spans London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020. In the women's kayak singles over 500 metres, it spans Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. In the women's kayak doubles over 500 metres, it also spans Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
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June 23, 1989
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born 23 June 1989
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New Zealand's most successful Olympian
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having won a total of eight gold medals and one bronze medal
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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.
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
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.
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