Caitlin Regal
{{Short description|New Zealand canoeist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Caitlin Regal
| image = Caitlin Ryan Rio 2016 (NZL).jpg
| nationality = New Zealand
| birth_name = Caitlin Ryan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Takapuna, New Zealand
| height = 1.78 m
| weight = 95 kg
| country = New Zealand
| sport = Canoe sprint
| club =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's canoe sprint}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalComp|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Račice|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Montemor-o-Velho|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Montemor-o-Velho|K-4 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Račice|K-4 500 m}}
}}
Caitlin Regal ({{nee|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.{{cite web|title=Canoe Sprint Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-08-03.html|access-date=23 July 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}{{dead link|date=March 2022}}
Early life
Regal was born on 9 February 1992 in Takapuna, a suburb of North Shore.{{cite web |title=Caitlin Ryan |url= http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/caitlin-ryan/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627175155/http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/caitlin-ryan/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 27 June 2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=5 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/caitlin-ryan |title=Caitlin Ryan |work=Rio 2016 Olympics |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063521/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/caitlin-ryan |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }} 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.{{cite news|title=World Cup Kiwi kayaker Caitlin Ryan tastes gold|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/68701154/world-cup-kiwi-kayaker-caitlin-ryan-tastes-gold|access-date=5 August 2016 |work=Rodney Times |date=20 May 2015}} She has won numerous titles at the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships.
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. 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.{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Kiwi kayak quartet finish fifth |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympics/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=11698051 |access-date=21 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=21 August 2016}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Canoe Sprint - REGAL Caitlin|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1459737-regal-caitlin.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-08|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803035104/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1459737-regal-caitlin.htm |archive-date=3 August 2021 }}
Personal life
Caitlin Ryan married her partner, Nick Regal, in early 2021.{{cite web |title=Caitlin Ryan |url= https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/caitlin-ryan/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627175155/http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/caitlin-ryan/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 27 June 2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=22 June 2021}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ICF}}
- {{NZOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com|caitlin-ryan}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Women K-2 500 m}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 500 m Women}}
{{2016 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2020 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regal, Caitlin}}
Category:Olympic canoeists for New Zealand
Category:Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists from Auckland
Category:New Zealand female canoeists
Category:New Zealand surf lifesavers
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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