(2017 ☆ ARCHIVED) Lisa Carrington - New Zealand

LISA CARRINGTON (New Zealand) - Nominee for the 2017 Sportswoman of the Year Award

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Born: 1989, sport(s): canoe sprint (K1W, K2W, K4W), lifesaving (surfski), ocean-racing, represents: New Zealand

2017: Gold K1 200m & K2 500m, Silver K1 500m, Bronze K4 500m World Championsups (Racice)

2016: Gold K1 200m & Bronze K1 500m Rio Olympic Games 

2015: Double World Champion K1W 500m and 200m (Milan)

Lisa Carrington is arguably one of the greatest Kayakers in history, and one of the greatest athletes New Zealand has ever seen.

2017 was a different year for Lisa, where she diversified into the team boat disciplines in addition to her K1's which many people saw as a risk. Taking the challenge in her stride, Lisa and her teammates pocketed an incredible four World Championships medals in Racice, a feat that yet again proved Lisa's unmatched ability.

Maintaining her dominance in the K1 200m event by winning her seventh consecutive gold medal, Lisa was also able to nab a silver in the K1 500m against a hot field. In the team boats, Lisa lined up with Caitlin Ryan in the K2 500 where the pair put on a master class, winning the event by almost two seconds ahead of Germany who were the 2016 Rio Olympic silver medallists. Then, in the K4 500m event the girls teamed up with Kayla Imrie and Aimee Fisher where the girls won a bronze medal. These wins take Lisa's total world championship medal count to 11, with seven gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Earlier in the season at the World Cups in Portugal and Hungary, Lisa and her teammates pocketed six gold medals.

As the winner of the 2015 Sportswoman of the Year, Lisa Carrington’s consistency cannot be faulted. As one of the most decorated paddlers of her generation, she already has her eyes set on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where she will look to add more medals to her already impressive haul.

Activities and achievements off the water:

• Presented at the inaugural World Paddle Awards in Augsburg, Germany in 2014
• Awarded the highest honour for sport in New Zealand; becoming a Member of the Order of Merit
• Winner of the Sportswoman of the Year and the Supreme Award at the 2016 Halberg Awards
• Other honours extend to being 2012 Maori Sportsperson and Senior Maori Sportswoman of the Year following her success at the London Olympics
• Motto: 'What hurts more? Missing a party for training, or missing out on an Olympic medal?”
• Nicknamed 'Lis', she studied at Whakatane High School and at Massey University, Albany, NZ.

This is a 2017 archived nominee. Voting has closed.