Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You have won and participated in many freestyle kayaking championships. Share with us your most memorable experience?
Ms. Claire O’Hara:
Winning the double for the first time in 2011. I had already competed in one final and smashed it winning the squirt boating gold. I was sat in the eddy chatting to my coach (Dennis Newton Sweet water Coaching) before my second ride in my second finals of the day, the freestyle event. I was already so happy to be in the finals and had nothing to loose. I was competing against the best paddlers in the world. Den said to me ‘just go do it’ and I looked around the audience as I paddled into the competition feature and then boom I was off. I knew as I paddled out of the wave 45 seconds later, that that was the best performance I could have given on that day. Then to hear the announcers make the call that I was in the lead and for no one to be able to beat that score during their final rides and for me to then take the win. That was epic. A day I will never forget. The day my dreams became a reality.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Who has been your inspiration and motivation that led you to your success in the world of paddling and kayaking?
Ms. Claire O’Hara:
Throughout my paddling career I have meet so many people who have inspired me and motivated me to progress and achieve that it is impossible to name just one. I have found that every time I paddle I have received encouragement, motivation and inspiration from those I am out on the water with and I feel that every single one of the people I have meet and had the pleasure to share experiences on the river with have helped shape me into the paddler that I am now. From my first days on the water as a kid until paddling in Uganda with some of the worlds best freestyle kayakers and my coaches just a few days ago.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You won 2 times World Freestyle Kayak Champion, 3 times World Champion Squirt Boat Kayak, 2 times Mystery World Champion Squirt Boating. You are the only female athlete to have ever performed a 24 Second Mystery Move, a Super Clean Heli Split Wheel, a Split Split Tricky Woo Combo and many other top moves. What responsibility do these winnings and achievements bestow upon you in your future efforts and activities in the field of paddling and kayaking?
Ms. Claire O’Hara:
I hope that what I have achieved will enable me to continue to lead a new presence within paddle sport. That I will have inspired many paddlers young and old, male and female to see beyond the limits and traditional expectations and to strive for a standard of excellence surpassing anything that as all ready achieved.
For me I now know there is no limit and that if I train smart and hard I can achieve anything I dream of within the sport. I have already had an extremely successful career and achieved so much but I have not finished yet. I love kayaking and look forward to continuing to do it for many many more years to come. I think my role now as I move forward is to continue to inspire and motivate and support the next generation on and off the water in continuing to take the sport further and further forward.
I hope I can pass this hard working and goal breaking limitless ethos on to the next generation and even more than that that I can pass on the importance of having fun out there. The importance of being part of the community, of sharing a positive attitude and enthusiasm within the sport and enjoying every moment out on the river.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
What you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and message for its visitors?
Ms. Claire O’Hara:
I would like to thank Women Fitness for inviting me to be feature in this interview and for the great work they do in promoting and supporting the achievements, levels of fitness and work that is being done by women including female athletes around the world.
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