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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Lisa Carrinton

 Lisa Carrington is an NZ kayaker. she has won 3 golds in Tokyo. We had to learn and write about her here are my answers for the questions. Lisa Carrington MNZM (born 23 1989) is a New Zealand flatwater canoeist. 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. She is one of New Zealand's most successful Olympians ever, having won a total of four gold medals and one bronze medal.



  • Canoeing 

In June 2009 she won a bronze medal at the World Cup regatta held in Szeged, Hungary, competing alongside Teneale Hatton in the women's K-2 1000 metres event. In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France.

 

  • Carrington and Hatton won three gold medals at the 2010 Oceania Canoe Championships; they won the 500 and 1000 metres K-2 events and were joined by Rachael Dodwell and Erin Taylor to win the K-4 500 metres. The pair became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland;. Their time of one minute 42.365 seconds in the semi-finals meant they qualified third fastest for the final of the K-2 500 metres, however, they finished the final in ninth position.

  • At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she defended her gold medal in the K-1 200 metres event and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event. In doing so, she became the first New Zealand woman to win multiple medals at the same Olympic games. Carrington was the flag bearer at the 2016 closing ceremony. She is coached by Gordon Walker.

  • On 11 February 2021, Lisa Carrington was named the most influential Māori sports personality of the past 30 years in the Māori Sports Awards 30 in 30 show, aired on Māori Television

  • Carrington is an athlete ambassador for Beef and Lamb New Zealand, alongside Eliza McCartney, Sophie Pascoe and Sarah Walker. She is also an ambassador for Southern Cross Health Society.

Answer & do the following activities (15 in all).

  1. Why is Lisa Carrington in the news right now? Because she won gold at Tokyo

  2. What country is Lisa from? NZ

  3. Where was Lisa born?  (clue. it’s a city).Tauranga

  4. What province is that city in? Bay of Plenty

  5. Identify Lisa’s iwi.Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou  

  6. What satellite town did Lisa grow up in ohope

  7. What High School did Lisa attend?   Whakatane high school

  8. Name the University Lisa went to and where it is located. Massey University Albany

  9. What is Lisa’s Olympic event? Flat lake canoeing

  10. List 5 countries that Lisa has competed successfully in.Hungary France brazil

  11. Who is Lisa's crewmate in the Tokyo Olympics?  Caitlin Regal  

  12. Name 2 awards Lisa has achieved in NZ.gold medals

  13. What are Lisa’s ambassadorial roles in NZ? (clue… there are 2) southern cross health society, beef and lamb NZ

  14. Google ‘Lisa Carrington’ in Wikipedia and use the information there to add key facts below her pic

Lisa Carrington

Age:

Date -of birth: 23 June 1989

Height:1m 68cm

Weight:53kg

Sport:coneing


 

1 comment:

  1. Well, that's a lot of copying and pasting!:-). Next time, please use your own words, thoughts, opinions and expressions to write a Blog post. Was Lisa's sport coneing?:-))..Looking forward to your next Blog with more input from you.

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