Lani Belcher

Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is a British canoeist who previously represented Australia. She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Belcher won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Canoe Marathon World Championships in South Africa. Belcher was a triathlete and a track cyclist before she took up kayaking. She began training at the Australian Institute of Sport's facilities in the Gold Coast. Belcher and Hannah were included in the Olympics after teams representing Romania and Belarus were disqualified for doping. It was Britain's first gold medal in the event in more than a decade.