ParalympianCanoe/Kayak
Anja Pierce
Athlete Bio
Hometown
Pittsford, NY
Event/Discipline: Paracanoe, KL3 and VL3
Birthdate: August 4, 1968
Hometown: Pittsford, New York
Height: 5'6"
Club: Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc
2015 Paracanoe World Championships Team Member
Top Results:
- 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships
- GOLD in VL3 Women 200m
- 8th in KL3 Women 200m
- 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships - 4th in LTA V-1 Women 200m
- 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - BRONZE in LTA V-1 Women 200m
- 2012 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - SILVER in LTA V-1 Women 200m
Personal:
- Education: BA (Classics) and BS (in Physical Therapy)
- Job: Pediatric Physical Therapist
- Hobbies: Wooden Boat Building, skiing, cooking
- Role Model: Jan Whitaker and Deborah Page and Bob Balk, for their expertise of and dedication to Paracanoe.
- How you got into the sport: Met Jan Whitaker at an amputee fitness event at Nazareth College.
- Sponsors: CAF and GRAAF