Teneale Hatton
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  New Zealand |
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| World Championships | ||
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2013 Duisburg | K-1 5000 m |
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2014 Moscow | K-1 1000 m |
Teneale Hatton (born 13 January 1990 in Queenstown, Otago)[1] is a New Zealand flatwater canoer.
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]
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.[5] 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.[6] In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France.[7]
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.[8] The pair became the first New Zealanders to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland;[9] 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][9] 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,[10] finishing in 15th place.[11]
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