Ann Turner

Ann Turner competed for the St. Charles Canoe Club. She started paddling in 1971, after swimming in high school and college, first competing internationally in kayaking at the 1973 Junior Worlds. She competed at the senior World Championships in 1974, 1977-79, and 1981-83. Turner graduated from the University of Montana in 1981, majoring in education, and later became a teacher at the International School in Stockholm. Her brother, Brent Turner, competed in kayaking at the 1976 Olympics. Their father, Howard Turner, was the 1980 US canoe team manager for the 1980 Moskva Olympics, at which the US did not compete.