Anne Dodge

{{short description|Canadian sprint kayaker|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox sportsperson |birth_date={{birth date and age|1958|3|26}} |birth_place=Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada }} '''Ann Dodge''' (born March 26, 1958) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the mid-1970s.

Dodge was the first woman from Nova Scotia ever selected to the Canadian Olympic team in sprint kayak. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she finished eighth in the K-2 500 m event. She and partner Sue Holloway were the first Canadian women ever to reach an Olympic final in the sport.<ref name=NSSHOF>{{cite web|title=Inductee Details: Ann Dodge|url=http://www.novascotiasporthalloffame.com/Inductees/Search/InducteeDetails/tabid/571/Default.aspx?m=353|website=novascotiasporthalloffame.com|publisher=Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224531/http://www.novascotiasporthalloffame.com/Inductees/Search/InducteeDetails/tabid/571/Default.aspx?m=353|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dodge was named Nova Scotia Athlete of the Year in 1973 and was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. She earned a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Acadia University and a master's from the University of New Brunswick. She is currently a lecturer in kinesiology at Acadia.<ref name="Acadia Profile">{{cite web|title=Kinesiology - Ann Dodge|url=http://kinesiology.acadiau.ca/ann-dodge.html|website=acadiau.ca|publisher=Acadia University|accessdate=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105090458/http://kinesiology.acadiau.ca/ann-dodge.html|archive-date=5 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035255/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/anne-dodge-1.html Sports-reference.com profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodge, Ann}} Category:1958 births Category:Canoeists from Halifax, Nova Scotia Category:Canadian female canoeists Category:Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Living people Category:Olympic canoeists for Canada Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Category:Sportswomen from Nova Scotia