Anna Hemmings

Anna Lucina Hemmings MBE (born 19 December 1976) is a British marathon kayakist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), winning six world championship gold medals.

Anna Hemmings

MBE

Personal information
Born	(1976-12-19) 19 December 1976 Hammersmith, London, England
Medal record Women's kayak marathon World Championships 1996 K-1 1998 K-1 1999 K-1 2001 K-1 2001 K-2 2005 K-1 2006 K-1 2007 K-1

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 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 (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[1]

Hemmings has visited several 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 years 7 and 8 and the prefects of the year for years 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.