Madison Corcoran
 Madison Corcoran-2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 2002[1] Houston, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
| Event | K1 |
Madison Corcoran (born August 7, 2002) is an American-born Irish slalom canoeist. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She is the daughter of canoeist Mike Corcoran. Her twin sister Michaela Corcoran is also an international canoeist.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in the United States, she grew up in Maryland, and competed for USA as a junior. She studies neuroscience at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.[2]
Career
[edit]Having competed collegiately in the United States,[3] from early 2021 she represented Ireland in international competition, receiving clearance to race for Ireland at a European Championships/Olympic Qualifier event in Italy. She made her Ireland debut at the subsequent 2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships.[4][5] She also competed at the 2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovenia.[6]
Corcoran competed at the European Games in 2023 Kraków, Poland where her performance gained a qualification place for Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games.[7][8] In July 2024, she was officially selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the K1 Women's event.[9][10] Competing at the Games in the K1 class she did not qualify through to the final from her heat.[11]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in the United States and grew up in Maryland, near the Potomac River. She attended Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. Her identical twin sister Michaela Corcoran also competes in canoe slalom for Ireland. Their Dublin-born father Mike Corcoran was also a canoe slalomist, and represented Ireland at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He lived in Glasnevin prior to relocating to the United States in 1990 and running a prosthetics business. Michaela was born a minute before Madison. At the age of five years-old, the two of them were first in a kayak and by the age of ten years-old were receiving outside coaching. She studied psychology at Vanderbilt University.[12][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Madison Corcoran". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Madison Corcoran". RTE. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Weekly Update 4 Feb 2021". olympics.ie. Olympic Federation of Ireland. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
Madison and Michaela Corcoran have switched allegiances to Ireland after competing in the US system [..] twin daughters of two time Olympian Mike Corcoran. Michaela Corcoran competes in the C1 Women class, and her sister, Madison, in the K1 Women
- ^ "Madison Corcoran". Olympics.ie. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2021 Canoe Slalom European Championships & Olympic Qualifier". canoe.ie. May 17, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Canoe Slalom European Championships 2022". canoe.ie. June 9, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Madison Corcoran Qualifies Third Irish Boat for Canoe Slalom at Paris 2024". afloat.ie. October 10, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TEAM IRELAND'S ATHLETES HEADING TO THE 2023 EUROPEAN GAMES". Her Sport. June 13, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Four Paddlers Selected for Team Ireland at Paris 2024". afloat.ie. July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "Corcoran Twins To Make Olympic Canoeing Debut for Team Ireland". Sport for Business. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Greaves, Colm (July 30, 2024). "Gentle nudge from father led to American twins representing Ireland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ Kissane, Sinead (July 16, 2024). "'It's still so surreal' – Madison and Michaela Corcoran provide 'twinspiration' for Irish Olympic canoe slalom team". Independent.ie. Retrieved July 24, 2024.