Anna Lucina Hemmings (born 19 December 1976) is a
British
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marathon kayakist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), winning six world championship gold medals.
Hemmings, who was born in
Hammersmith, also competed in
sprint kayaking. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-1 500 m event at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney.
Eight years later in
Beijing
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, Hemmings was eliminated in the heats of the
K-2 500 m event.
Hemmings was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire
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(MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
Hemmings has visited a number of schools, including St Ursula's 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
Langley 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.
References
Sports-Reference.com profileHickok Sports History
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1976 births
English female canoeists
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Great Britain
Members of the Order of the British Empire
British female canoeists
People from Hammersmith