Anna Wood (canoeist)

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Anna Wood
Personal information
Birth nameAnnemarie Cox
Born (1966-07-22) 22 July 1966 (age 58)
Roermond, Netherlands
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sport Canoe sprint
Event(s)K-1 5000 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m
ClubRoermondse Watersport Vereniging Nautilus
Gold Coast Canoe Canoe Club
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul K-2 500 m
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Mechelen K-2 500 m
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Szeged K-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Szeged K-2 1000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Milan K-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Paris K-1 5000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m

Anna Wood (born Annemarie Cox on 22 July 1966) is a Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m, earning them in 1988 with the Netherlands and 1996 with Australia.

Wood also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1998, 1999), four silvers (K-1 5000 m: 1991, K-2 500 m: 1987, 1997; K-2 1000 m: 1997), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1985).

She also represented the Dutch kayak team from 1983 to 1989.[ citation needed ]

Wood's husband, Steven (1961–95), won a bronze in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 1990–1994. [1]

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References

  1. Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN   1-74013-060-X.