Ana María Penas

Ana María Penas Balchada (born December 21, 1971, in Pontevedra) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 200 m: 2001) and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 1997, 1998, 2001).

Ana María Penas

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
	2001 Poznań	K-4 200 m
	1997 Dartmouth	K-4 500 m
	1998 Szeged	K-4 500 m
	2001 Poznań	K-4 500 m

Penas also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of sixth in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

References

• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
• Sports-reference.com profile.