DAME Lisa Carrington is ready for everything that’s thrown her way in Paris.

Carrington, 35, is New Zealand’s greatest Olympian with six medals to her name and she will be aiming to add to this tally in Paris.

In 2012, at her first Olympic Games in London, Carrington powered her way to gold in the K1-200m. This was less than a year after she won her first world championships in the same event.

Four years later, Carrington was back winning gold as she defended her title in the K1-200m event in Rio de Janiero and bagged a bronze medal in the slightly longer K1-500m.

Carrington, who competes under the Eastern Bay Canoe Club banner when racing nationally, picked up a further three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics to cement her name in history as New Zealand’s greatest Olympian.

Her six medals are one more than fellow paddler Ian Ferguson and eventer Mark Todd.

Her swashbuckling performances in Tokyo came in the K1-200m, which she again dominated, breaking and bettering her own Olympic record with a time of 38.120 seconds. She teamed up with Caitlin Regal to win the K2-500m and made it back-to-back Olympic titles in the K1-500m.

With the Paris games beginning this week, Carrington has been New Zealand squad training in Banyoles, Spain. They then relocated to Lake Pusiano in the Como District, north of Milan in Italy, before heading to Paris.

In Paris, Carrington is competing in the K1-500m, alongside fellow Kiwi paddler Aimee Fisher, who actually defeated the Eastern Bay athlete at events prior to the Olympics. Her signature event, the K1-200m, is not on the list of events for this Olympic Games.

She will then compete in the K2-500m with Alicia Hoskin, aiming to defend her 2020 Tokyo gold she won with Regal.

Carrington and Hoskin will then join Tara Vaughan and Olivia Brett in the K4-500m boat, in which they won the world title last year.

The six-time Halberg Female Athlete of the Year and three-time Supreme Halberg winner, has also won multiple Māori Sportswoman of the Year titles and is a strong chance to add to her six Olympic medals.

Carrington said she was looking forward to Paris and could not wait to get out there and compete at her fourth Olympic Games.

“I am feeling good; training is going well.”

She still uses the Olympics to push herself and get better.

“For me, every Olympics is about learning, growing, seeing how fast I can go, and also about the amazing people and athletes that I get to paddle with.

“Lake Pusiano is a great location to wrap up our preparation as conditions are often calm and glassy.”

The heats of the K4 women’s 500m begin on August 6, followed by the K2 races, then on August 7 Carrington lines up in the K1 500m race.

The finals are set down for August 8, 9, 10 and there’s every chance that by the end of racing, Carrington could well have another three Olympic medals to her name.  

The Paris Olympics start on July 24 with the New Zealand men’s sevens team in action early.