| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 April 1989 [1] |
| Website | anjaadler-kanu |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paracanoe |
| Disability class | KL2, VL3 |
| Club | SV Halle |
Medal record | |
Anja Adler (born 14 April 1998) is a German paracanoeist. She represented Germany at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Adler first began paracanoeing in 2016. That year, she won silver at the German Paracanoe Championships. [2] She qualified for the German national team in 2017. [3] She won silver at the 2022 ICF Para-Canoe World Championships with a time of 1:08.241. [4] Adler won bronze in VL3 at the 2018 Paracanoe European Championships and placed fourth in KL2. [5] She placed fourth in VL3 at the 2019 Paracanoe European Championships. [6] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Adler represented Germany, placing fourth in the women's KL2 paracanoe event. [7]
Adler won two silver medals at the Paracanoe European Championships, one in KL2 and the other in va'a. [8] She won the 2021 Paracanoe European Championships in women's KL2. [9] Adler placed fourth in KL2 at the 2022 Paracanoe European Championships, racing a new personal best time. [10] She won the 2022 Deutschland-Cup [11] and the 2022 ICF Paracanoe World Cup. [12]
Adler placed third at the 2024 Paracanoe World Championships in women's KL2 with a time of 52.64 [13] and placed second in KL2 at the 2024 Paracanoe European Championships. [14] She represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the women's KL2 event and won a bronze medal with a time of 52.17. [15] [16] In June 2025, she competed at the 2025 Canoe Sprint European Championships and won a bronze medal in the KL2 event. [17] In August 2025, she competed at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and won a bronze medal in the KL2 event. The next month she competed at the 2025 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships and won a gold medal in the KL2 event with a time of 32:29.23. This marked the first time paracanoe was competed in marathon distances at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships. [18]
Adler is from Halle (Saale). She attended the University of Halle, studying geology, and then obtained a master's degree in meteorology from Leipzig University. [19] During a cave exploration as part of her doctoral thesis in 2015, Adler was in an accident that left her paraplegic. [20]
