 Madison Corcoran-2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 August 2002 [1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
| Event | K1 |
Madison Corcoran (born 7 August 2002) is an Irish slalom canoeist selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Born in the United States, she grew up in Maryland, and competed for USA as a junior. She studies neuroscience at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. [2]
She made her Ireland debut at the 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Italy. [3] [4] She competed at the 2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovenia. [5]
She competed at the European Games in 2023 Kraków, Poland where her performance gained a qualification place for Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games. [6] [7] In July 2024, she was officially selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the K1 Women's event. [8] [9]
Her twin sister Michaela Corcoran also competed in canoe slalom for Ireland. Their father Mike Corcoran was also a canoe slalomist who represented Ireland at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. [10]
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