 Madison Corcoran-2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 2002 [1] Houston, Texas, U.S. [1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
| Event | K1 |
Madison Corcoran (born August 7, 2002) is an American-born Irish slalom canoeist. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She is the daughter of canoeist Mike Corcoran. Her twin sister Michaela Corcoran is also an international canoeist. [1]
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]
Having competed collegiately in the United States, [3] from early 2021 she represented Ireland in international competition, receiving clearance to race for Ireland at a European Championships/Olympic Qualifier event in Italy. She made her Ireland debut at the subsequent 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships. [4] [5] She also competed at the 2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovenia. [6]
Corcoran competed at the European Games in 2023 Kraków, Poland where her performance gained a qualification place for Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games. [7] [8] In July 2024, she was officially selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the K1 Women's event. [9] [10] Competing at the Games in the K1 class she did not qualify through to the final from her heat. [11]
She was born in the United States and grew up in Maryland, near the Potomac River. She attended Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. Her identical twin sister Michaela Corcoran also competes in canoe slalom for Ireland. Their Dublin-born father Mike Corcoran was also a canoe slalomist, and represented Ireland at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He lived in Glasnevin prior to relocating to the United States in 1990 and running a prosthetics business. Michaela was born a minute before Madison. At the age of five years-old, the two of them were first in a kayak and by the age of ten years-old were receiving outside coaching. She studied psychology at Vanderbilt University. [12] [11]
Madison and Michaela Corcoran have switched allegiances to Ireland after competing in the US system [..] twin daughters of two time Olympian Mike Corcoran. Michaela Corcoran competes in the C1 Women class, and her sister, Madison, in the K1 Women