Of all the athletes interviewed for my movie that premiered last month, I doubt anybody has a brighter-shining star right now than Teneale Hatton. She's pictured here racing the 1000-meter final at the 2014 world championships in Moscow, in which her winning time of 3 minutes, 49.42 seconds was (and currently remains) the fastest ever by a female kayaker. She also won the 5000-meter race at that championships.
Sure, that was five years ago, but the 29-year-old New Zealander has hardly slowed down since then. Flatwater sprint racing is actually just a small part of Hatton's overall paddling life. She grew up primarily in ocean-based paddlesports like surf lifesaving and surfski racing, and continues to excel on the sea. She took the title at the 2015 ICF world championships for ocean racing and claimed the bronze medal at that event this year.
Her appearance in my movie was shot just after she'd won the women's surfski class at the Gorge Downwind Championships at Hood River, Oregon, this past July. If you look closely, you'll see that she's holding one of those oversize novelty checks that star athletes get to hold up on the podium.
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