Anja Wicker took the sport of Nordic skiing in 2006 and started to compete in international arena from 2010. She was qualified to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, which was her maiden Paralympic event and participated in the cross-country skiing and biathlon events. She claimed her first gold medal in the women's 10km sitting biathlon event and also clinched a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in the women's 12.5km sitting biathlon event while the gold medal was claimed by Svetlana Konovalova of Russia in the relevant event.