Anne Cairns (born 11 January 1981) is a New Zealand-Samoan canoeist, who represented

Samoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Samoa competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, although it had previously competed in four editions under the name '' ...

, and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Cairns lives in

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

, where she attended

Palmerston North Girls' High School Palmerston North Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls, located in the suburb of West End in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location The main entrance of the school is located on Fitzherbert Avenue, near the Victoria ...

, and is a firefighter.

Canoeing career

Cairns originally represented New Zealand, and attempted to qualify for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the K1 and K4 boats. Cairns competed in the K1 200 and 500 metre races at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, finishing last in both of her heats. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's K-1 200 m, and Women's K-1 500 m.

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* * * 1981 births Living people New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Olympic canoeists for Samoa Samoan female canoeists New Zealand female canoeists New Zealand firefighters People educated at Palmerston North Girls' High School Sportspeople from Dannevirke Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{NewZealand-canoe-bio-stub