Anna Hemmings

Athlete

1976 –

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Who is Anna Hemmings?

Anna Lucina Hemmings MBE is a British marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s, winning six world championship gold medals. She also competed in sprint canoeing. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Eight years later in Beijing, Hemmings was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 500 m event.

Hemmings was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Hemmings has recently visited a number of schools, including St Ursulas in Greenwich, where she presented the children with their end-of-year awards, including the students of the year for year 7 and 8 and the prefects of the year for year 7 and 8. On 14 December 2012, Hemmings visited The Lanlgey Academy which is a secondary school in Slough which is a town located on the outskirts/next to west London and gave a motivational speech about how she gained success from a world champion to an Olympian and also her obstacles.

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Born
Dec 19, 1976
United Kingdom

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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