Anita Nüßner (also spelled Nüssner and sometimes wrongly listed as Nüssner-Kobuss or Nüßner-Kobuß, born 10 June 1935) is an East German sprint canoeist who competed from the late-1950s until 1968.

[2][3] Standing 178 centimetres (70 in) tall and weighing 69 kilograms (152 lb) during her competitive career, she competed for Fortschritt Plaue in the 1958 East German canoe sprint championships.

She repeated her results from the previous year and came third in the K-1 500 m and second in the K-1 3000 m.[4][5] For the 1960 season, Nüßner changed club again and from now on started for SC DHfK Leipzig.

At the 1965 national championships in Grünau, Nüßner was narrowly defeated by Anita Kobuß in the K-1 500 m and thus gained second place.

[4] In July 1960, Nüßner and Seidelmann won an international regatta at Langer See in the K-2 500 m. This counted towards the Olympic pre-qualification[18] but only Seidelmann went to the final qualification regatta for the United Team of Germany and became a reserve for the K-2 500 m team of Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann.

Marquardt and Nüßner caused a sensation when they beat the reigning champions, Annemarie Zimmermann and Roswitha Esser, at the first regatta held on the Mittelland Canal at the Rothensee boat lift.

[31] At the 1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships on Lake Snagov near Bucharest, Romania, Nüßner came sixth in the K-1 500 m competition.

[33] At an international regatta in Grünau in the 1968 Olympic year, Nüßner teamed up with Kobuß in the K2[34] but was replaced by Karin Haftenberger for the final.