DeAnne spent 10 years traveling abroad and competing for the USA Sprint Kayak Team. She is a gold medal winner in the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina. A member of the 1996 Olympic Sprint Kayak Team, she stroked the K4 and K2 in Atlanta finishing 10th and 15th respectively. She also ocassionally competes in lifesaving events. Winning the National Lifeguard Surfski Championships 2001 in Miami Beach, Florida as one of the highlights. As for her long distance surfski racing, she has won the USA Surfski Championships in San Francisco whenever she has raced it and has completed the Molokai Channel crossing 4 times (2 x double with Patrick, 2x single).
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1989-1997 USA National Sprint Kayak Team
1993-1997 World Championship Sprint Kayak Team
1991 Pan American Team, Cuba (2 x Bronze Medals)
1995 Pan American Team, Argentina (1 x Gold medal, 1 x Silver Medal)
1994 Goodwill Games, Russia
1992 Olympic Team Alternate
1996 Olympic Team Member, Atlanta (K2 & K4)
4 x Lifesaving National Championships
1997 Overall and surfski and paddleboard winner Budlite Series Lifesaving
2001 USA National Surfski Champion Lifesaving
2003, 2004, 2005 Long Distance National Surfski Champion
2 x Overall Champion Ocean Festival
4 x Molokai Channel Crossing (2 x double
2 x single)
South African Double Ski Championships 2003
World Cup South Africa Summer 2006 6th Place
Scottbourgh to Brighton Double ski race South Africa 2006, First Place Mixed
Culebra Challenge Puerto Rico 2006 First Place Women, Third Place overall
2007 USA Surfski Championships 1st Place
Cape Point Challenge 2007 2nd Place Mixed double, 4th Double over all