Madison Corcoran (born August 7, 2002) is an is an Irish-American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2018, specializing in the K1 event and kayak cross.[2] She started her career representing United States, but has been competing for Ireland since 2021.
Having competed collegiately in the United States,[4] 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.[5][6] She also competed at the 2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovenia.[7]
Corcoran competed at the European Games in 2023 Kraków, Poland where her performance gained a qualification place for Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games.[8][9]
In July 2024, she was officially selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10][11] Competing at the Games in the K1 event she did not qualify through to the semifinal from her heat, finishing 24th.[12] She also finished 32nd in kayak cross at the same Games.[13]
Personal life
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.[14][12]
↑ "Weekly Update 4 Feb 2021". olympics.ie. Olympic Federation of Ireland. Retrieved April 26, 2025. 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
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