Table of Biography
Lisa Carrington is a famous Flatwater canoeist and New Zealand’s most successful Olympian. Lisa Carrington has won a total of five gold medals and a bronze medal. Likewise, Lisa Carrington also made her appearance in the recent 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Early Life
Lisa Carrington was born in the year 1989 and celebrates her birthday on the 23rd of June every year. Likewise, Lisa Carrington is 33 years old at the moment.
She was born in Tauranga, New Zealand. Moreover, Lisa Carrington belongs to New Zealand nationality and was born under the star sign Cancer.
Moving on to her family members, the Kiwi Canoeist has not revealed her parents’ names. Likewise, Lisa has not revealed any details regarding her siblings. Thus, the names and identities of Lisa’s family members are still in the dark.
However, Lisa does occasionally post pictures of her family on her social media. However, the actual names and identities of her family members are still in the dark.
Lisa Carrington grew up in Ōhope, a satellite town of Whakatane in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Moreover, Lisa is of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou descent.
Education
Talking about Lisa’s education, She went on to attend Whakatane High School. Likewise, Following her high school graduation, Lisa went on to attend Massey University in Albany. Similarly, as a child, Lisa played netball and aspired to be a Silver Fern.
Awards
When it comes to awards, Lisa has won a handful of awards and medals. The Canoeist was named New Zealand’s senior Māori sportswoman and overall Māori sportsperson of the year in November 2012.
Furthermore, In the year 2013 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to kayaking.
Lisa Carrington – Net Worth 2023
In the year 2014, Lisa was named the NEXT Woman of the Year in the Sports category. During the 2016 Halberg Awards, Lisa won the Sportswoman of the Year and also won the Supreme Award.
Talking about Lisa’s net worth, she has earned a generous deal of wealth throughout her career. As of now, Lisa enjoys a net worth of $3 million.
Career and Professional Life
In June 2009, Lisa won a bronze medal at the World Cup regatta held in Szeged, Hungary, competing alongside Teneale Hatton in the women’s K‑2 1000-meter event.
Similarly, In May of 2010, the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France. Furthermore, in the year 2010, she started working with coach Gordon Walker.
Lisa and Hatton won three gold medals at the 2010 Oceania Canoe Championships. They won the 500 and 1000 meters K‑2 events.
The team became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland.
Moreover, the Duo’s time of one minute 42.365 seconds in the semi-finals meant they qualified third fastest for the final of the K‑2 500 meters. However, the duo finished the final in ninth position.
Caption: Lisa during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics(source: Instagram)
Lisa represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Similarly, during the K‑2 500 meters, Carrington and Erin Taylor finished 7th, and in the K‑1 200 meters. Lisa won the gold medal.
During the 2012 Oceania Championships, Carrington won gold medals in the K‑1 200 meters and the K‑2 200 meters with Taylor.
Furthermore, during the 2019 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged. Carrington won gold medals in the K‑1 500 meters and K‑1 200 meters events.
Furthermore, in the year 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Carrington won her third consecutive gold medal. She won the medal in the K‑1 200-meter event.
On the same day, Lisa and her crewmate Caitlin Regal won a gold medal in the K‑2 500 meters event. Likewise, On 5 August 2021, Lisa won a further gold medal in the K‑1 500 meters event.
Relationship Status
Lisa is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Michael Buck. The couple has been together for quite some time and were engaged recently.
Caption: Lisa with her boyfriend(Source: Instagram)
Body Measurements
Lisa is in her early 30s. As for her height, Lisa stands tall at 5 feet 6 inches and weighs 63 kg. Likewise, Lisa has blonde hair with a pair of brown eyes.
Caption: Lisa posing for a picture(source: Instagram)
Lisa Carrington – Social Media
Lisa is active on Instagram and Twitter. As of now, Lisa has over 62k followers and over 9k followers on her Instagram and Twitter respectively.