Caitlin Regal
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Birth name | Caitlin Ryan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Takapuna, New Zealand | 9 February 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caitlin Regal (née Ryan; born 9 February 1992) is a New Zealand canoeist. On 3 August 2021 she won a gold medal alongside Lisa Carrington in the K-2 500 metres event.[1]
Early life[]
Regal was born on 9 February 1992 in Takapuna, a suburb of North Shore.[2][3] Aged 5, she joined the Red Beach Surf Life Saving & Squash Club on the Hibiscus Coast north of Auckland, where she later competed in surf competition. By age 14, she had qualified as a life guard.[4] She has won numerous titles at the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships.[4]
Canoeing[]
At the 2015 Canoe World Cup in Portugal, she won gold in the Women's K-4 500 metres event, and silver in the Women's K-2 500 metres event.[4] She represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing fifth in the Women's K-4 500 metres alongside Jaimee Lovett, Kayla Imrie and Aimee Fisher.[5]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she once again represented New Zealand. She competed in the Women's K-1 500 metres, Women's K-2 500 metres, and Women's K-4 500 metres. [6]
Personal life[]
Caitlin Ryan married her partner, Nick Regal, in early 2021.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Caitlin Ryan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Caitlin Ryan". Rio2016. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "World Cup Kiwi kayaker Caitlin Ryan tastes gold". Rodney Times. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Kiwi kayak quartet finish fifth". The New Zealand Herald. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Canoe Sprint REGAL Caitlin - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Caitlin Ryan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
External links[]
- Caitlin Regal at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Caitlin Regal at the International Olympic Committee
- Caitlin Regal at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of New Zealand
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- People from North Shore, New Zealand
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- New Zealand female canoeists
- New Zealand surf lifesavers
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs
- Oceanian canoeist stubs