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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]

Caitlin Regal

Personal information
Birth name	Caitlin Ryan
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 30) Takapuna, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Canoe sprint
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo K-2 500 m World Championships 2017 Račice K-2 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m 2017 Račice K-4 500 m

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

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)

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