Thursday, 12 August 2021

NZ Olympic Athlete

 In class for writing we have been learning to make links between our paragraphs. We were writing about New Zealand Olympic athletes. I decided to write about Lisa Carrington because she is one of my favorite Olympic athletes. I enjoyed writing about my favorite athlete. I found it tricky to find good facts about Lisa carrington. Next time i would add more facts.

Here is my writing.

Lisa Carrington

Lisa Carrington

23 June 1989

Tauranga NZ

Flat water racing/kayak sprint


When Lisa was 8 her family moved to the scenic coastal town of Ohope beach, near Whakatane. She is of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki and Ngati, porou descent. Her backyard was the beach. Her family is Glynic, Pat, Shaun and Brett. Her dad taught her to swim at a really young age..


The school she went to was Whakatane High school then Massey University.


Lisa does a canoe sprint also known as ‘flat water sprint’. The canoe sprint was a demo in Paris 1924 before it became a part of the Olympic games.


Lisa Carrington belongs to Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club, She participated in London 2102 and Rio 2016.


1 comment:

  1. Kia Ora Willow,
    What a great piece of report writing, I am so impressed with the quality of your work.
    Did you watch any of Lisa’s races in Tokyo during the Olympic games? She was a machine!
    Are you going to watch any of the Paralympics this week?

    It's so nice to see our athletes out of isolation and back home with their whānau in level 4.
    Hope you're having a safe and happy lockdown and look forward to seeing more of your work online.
    Mā te wā
    Miss Mikayla.

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