CAIRNS Anne

Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 200m	31
	Women's Kayak Single 500m	39

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Heat 3 #3	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Quarterfinal 2 #18	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 6 #58	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Quarterfinal 1 #68	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	26	24

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K4 200m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	39	-	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	29	27	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	39	34	-	-
2007	Duisburg, GER	-	-	10	21

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	C1 200m	C2 500m	K1 200m	K1 500m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	DNF	DNF	18	22
2019	Cambridge, NZL	-	-	22	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m	K1 500m
2018	1 x 29th	1 x 27th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
27	2018	Kayak Single 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	2:06.802
29	2018	Kayak Single 200m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	49.827

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete, Firefighter

Languages spoken:

Palmerston North Canoe Club [NZL] / New Plymouth Kayak Club [NZL] [New Zealand]

Gavin Elmiger [personal]

Sporting relatives:

He sister Bridget Cairns has represented Samoa in canoe sprint and competed alongside Anne at the Oceania championships in both 2016 and 2020. (rnz.co.nz, 14 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 30 Mar 2020)

Other sports:

She has represented New Zealand in wildwater canoeing and whitewater rafting, and has also competed in surf ski racing. (samoaobserver.ws, 13 Mar 2016; nzherald.co.nz, 07 Feb 2015; stuff.co.nz, 26 Aug 2015)

She began paddling in 1996. (samoaobserver.ws, 13 Mar 2016)

"I just kept racing and training knowing that it will all be worth it at the end." (samoaobserver.ws, 13 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (rnz.co.nz, 14 Feb 2020)

Her parents. (samoaobserver.ws, 13 Mar 2016)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING SAMOA
Her mother is from Samoa and her father is from New Zealand. She was a member of the New Zealand canoe sprint squad from 2006 to 2009. She made the switch to represent Samoa before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (nzherald.co.nz, 07 Feb 2015; samoaobserver.ws, 13 Mar 2016; stuff.co.nz, 26 Aug 2015; rnz.co.nz, 14 Feb 2020)

Milestones

She became the first female athlete to represent Samoa in canoe sprint at the Olympic Games when she competed at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Mar 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/anne.cairns.73

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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