Hannah Craig Canoeing Canoeing

Hannah Craig

Medals Won

Athlete Information

Date of Birth

10th February 1983

Gender

female

Hometown

Ballymoney, Co. Antrim

Club Team School Or University

Competitor information

Team Ireland Number

724

Discipline

K-1 Canoe Slalom

Competitive History

Personal Bests

Games Attended

Olympic Results

Game
Result
London 2012
10th (women's K-1 canoe slalom final)

BIOGRAPHY

Hannah Craig competed for Ireland in the women's K-1 canoe slalom at the 2012 London Olympic Games, reaching the final and finishing 10th - the best result ever achieved by an Irish canoeist at the Olympic Games at that time.

From Armoy, Co. Antrim, Craig qualified for London at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Augsburg in May 2012, finishing 25th - the highest-placed unqualified boat in the competition - to claim Ireland's quota place. Her London final performance was the culmination of years of dedicated pursuit of Olympic qualification, and her result made her Ireland's most successful canoe slalom Olympian to that point.

She continued competing at international level and was selected for the Irish canoe slalom team as late as 2019 as she attempted to qualify for Tokyo 2020, and was the last Irish woman to reach an Olympic canoe slalom final before Madison Corcoran competed at Paris 2024.