Anne Cairns

Anne Cairns
Personal information
Born	11 January 1981 (age 43); Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Samoa
Sport	Canoeing
Event(s)	Women's K-1 200 metres; Women's K-1 500 metres

Anne Cairns (born 11 January 1981) is a New Zealand-Samoan canoeist, who represented Samoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life[edit]

Cairns lives in Palmerston North, where she attended Palmerston North Girls' High School, and is a firefighter.^[1]^[2]

Cairns originally represented New Zealand, and attempted to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the K1 and K4 boats.^[1]^[3]

Cairns competed in the K1 200 and 500 metre races at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing last in both of her heats.^[4]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's K-1 200 m, and Women's K-1 500 m.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "Cairns has another Olympic avenue". stuff.co.nz. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Late charge to fulfil an Olympic dream". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Dannevirke: Paddler works hard at Olympic dream". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "CAIRNS Anne". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
^ "Canoe Sprint - CAIRNS Anne". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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