Alicia Hoskin (born 6 February 2000) is a New Zealand flatwater canoeist. At the

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, she won two gold medals, in the K2 500 metres and the K4 500 metres events.

Early life

Born and raised in Gisborne, she attended Gisborne Girls' High School where she was the Head Girl (2018). A member of the Poverty Bay Kayak Club there, she was coached by 1984 Olympic sprint canoeist Liz Thompson. She attended

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studying Sport Development.

Canoeing

Hoskin was selected for the junior canoe sprint world championships in 2017 when, as a 17-year-old, she underwent what was initially thought to be a routine pre-departure health check. Unfortunately, cardiology tests revealed Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, which is present at birth and can cause rapid heartbeats and even heart failure. Hoskin required a cardiac ablation, a procedure that scars tissue in the heart to block abnormal electrical signals. It involved feeding a catheter up one of the veins in her leg and through the wall of her heart to the other side. Hoskin wanted to continue to compete internationally after the heart surgery and moved to Auckland to train with the Canoe Racing New Zealand high performance squad. Hoskin made her World Championship debut in Szeged in Hungary, finishing ninth with Caitlin Ryan at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 500 metres. In June 2021 Hoskin was one of four women's paddlers selected to the New Zealand team to compete in Tokyo for the delayed

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, placing 14th in the K2 500m, alongside

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and 4th in the K4 500m, alongside Hatton, Lisa Carrington, and Caitlin Regal. At the 2023 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Hoskin won a gold medal in the K‑4 500 metres with Lisa Carrington, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan. This was a historic win for New Zealand and the sport of canoe sprint, being the first ever time the K4 500 world title had been won by a country outside of the traditional European powerhouses. In April 2024 Hoskin was named i
New Zealands largest ever canoe sprint team
for the Paris Olympic winning gold in both the k4 500m ( with Lisa Carrington, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan), and K2 500m with Lisa Carrington. Th
K4 win was the first by a non European country
in Olympic history and the only country outside Germany and Hungary to follow a world championship win with an Olympic gold. In the K2 500, the kiwi pair repeated the gold performance in Tokyo of Carrington and Caitlin Ryan in
commanding win

Awards and honours

Hoskin was named Canoe Sprint Athlete of the Year at the Canoe Racing New Zealand 2020 Sport and Recognition Awards.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoskin, Alicia 2000 births Living people New Zealand female canoeists Sportspeople from Gisborne, New Zealand Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for New Zealand ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand