Teneale Hatton

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Teneale Hatton
Personal information
Born (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)
Queenstown, New Zealand
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Duisburg K-1 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Moscow K-1 1000 m
Women's canoe ocean racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Tahiti SS-1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Hong Kong SS-1
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon SS-1

Teneale Hatton (born 13 January 1990 in Queenstown, Otago) [1] is a New Zealand flatwater canoer.

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Hatton has two older brothers and moved from her hometown, Queenstown, to Auckland at the age of five. [2] She attended Carmel College and as of 2012 studies at the University of Auckland. [1] [2] She is 1.68 metres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 63 kilograms (139 lb). [1] She is coached by four-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Ferguson. [3]

As well as canoeing, Hatton has competed in surf lifesaving events; [2] she won four medals, three gold and a bronze, at the 2009 Australian surf lifesaving championships in Perth. [4] She combines competing with work as a paramedic. [5]

Canoeing

At the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Hatton won the gold medal in the women's K-1 1000 metres event and a silver in the 500 metres event. [6] In June 2009 she won a bronze medal, competing alongside Lisa Carrington in the women's K-2 1000 metres event, at the World Cup regatta held in Szeged, Hungary. [7] In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France. [8]

Hatton and Carrington won three gold medals at the 2010 Oceania Canoe Championships; they won the 500 and 100 metres K-2 events and were joined by Rachael Dodwell and Erin Taylor to win the K-4 500 metres. [9] The pair became the first New Zealanders to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland; [10] their semifinal time of one minute 42.365 seconds meant they were the third fastest qualifiers in the K-2 500 metres, however they finished ninth in the final. [1] [10] Hatton was also part of the women's 500 metres K-4 crew that finished in eleventh position at the Championships. [1]

Hatton was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She competed in the women's K-1 500 metres event between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney, [11] finishing in 15th place. [12]

In 2014 Hatton won the K-1 1000 m event at the World Championships, only the second non-European to do so. [13] It was a championship record time of 3:49.423. [13]

Hatton also competes in ocean canoe racing, where she won the 2015 Senior World Title. [14] [15]

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  5. ↑ "Hatton plans to use disappointment to lift her to world title". canoeicf.com. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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  14. ↑ "The Pearl of the Women's class in Tahiti". ICF – Planet Canoe. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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