Madison Corcoran (born August 7, 2002) is an is an Irish-American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2018, specializing in the K1 event and kayak cross.[2] She started her career representing United States, but has been competing for Ireland since 2021.
 Madison Corcoran-2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 2002[1] Houston, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ireland, United States |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
Event | K1, Kayak-Cross |
Corcoran 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
editBorn 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.[3]
Career
editHaving competed collegiately in the United States,[4] 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.[5][6] She also competed at the 2022 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovenia.[7]
Corcoran competed at the European Games in 2023 Kraków, Poland where her performance gained a qualification place for Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games.[8][9]
In July 2024, she was officially selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10][11] Competing at the Games in the K1 event she did not qualify through to the semifinal from her heat, finishing 24th.[12] She also finished 32nd in kayak cross at the same Games.[13]
Personal life
editShe 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.[14][12]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Madison Corcoran". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Madison CORCORAN". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 Greaves, Colm (July 30, 2024). "Gentle nudge from father led to American twins representing Ireland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Madison CORCORAN". Olympics.com. Retrieved October 14, 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.
