Anna Hemmings

Anna Lucinda 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.

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.

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.