Whether it's in an outrigger canoe or on top of a stand up paddle
board, there aren't many people who can move as fast or powerfully
across a stretch of water as Leanne Stanley.
Proof of that isn't hard to find as the Kelowna woman already has
nine world championship medals to her credit in outrigger, and many
other provincial awards in stand up events.
Now Stanley has aspirations of becoming the world's fastest female in
an outrigger, while also cracking into the top 10 competitors in the
world in stand up paddling.
A member of the Canadian national outrigger team, Stanley has
designed a 20-month training program which she hopes will pave the way
to gold at the IVF World Outrigger Sprint Championships in 2016 in
Australia.
Stanley has knocked on the door of a world title before, finishing
fourth in 2008 and third in 2010. In 2012, feeling poised to make the
climb all the way to the top, she was involved in a car accident in
Kelowna three weeks before worlds in ...more
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