Lisa Carrington

Dame Lisa Carrington
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
(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 LondonK-1 200 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-1 200 m
2020 TokyoK-1 200 m
2020 TokyoK-1 500 m
2020 TokyoK-2 500 m
2024 ParisK-1 500 m
2024 ParisK-2 500 m
2024 ParisK-4 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-1 500 m
World Championships
2011 SzegedK-1 200 m
2013 DuisburgK-1 200 m
2014 MoscowK-1 200 m
2015 MilanK-1 200 m
2015 MilanK-1 500 m
2017 RačiceK-1 200 m
2017 RačiceK-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-1 200 m
2019 SzegedK-1 200 m
2019 SzegedK-1 500 m
2022 DartmouthK-1 200 m
2022 DartmouthK-1 500 m
2023 DuisburgK-1 200 m
2023 DuisburgK-1 500 m
2023 DuisburgK-4 500 m
2014 MoscowK-1 500 m
2017 RačiceK-1 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-1 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-4 500 m
2013 DuisburgK-1 500 m
2017 RačiceK-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 K1 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 K2 500 metres, with Caitlin Regal, and as an individual in the K1 500 metres. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Carrington defended her titles in the K1 500 metres and K2 500 metres event (with Alicia Hoskin) and also won the K4 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.