Danielle Woodward

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Danielle Woodward
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Women's canoe slalom
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona K1

Danielle Anne Woodward APM OAM (born 20 March 1965 in Melbourne) is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Woodward was born in Burwood in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and grew up in Newtown in New South Wales.

At the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics she was a Detective with the Australian Federal Police and is currently a Detective Superintendent. In March 2016 Danielle was awarded the Commissioner's Medal for Innovation, recognising her exceptional dedication in combating human trafficking, particularly with the creation and delivery of awareness packages for front line police across Australia.

Woodward was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Australia Day 2002 [1] and the Australian Sports Medal on 22 June 2000. [2]

In the 2020 Australia Day Honours List Woodward was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM). [3]

Woodward was appointed as a director of Australian Canoeing on 29 April 2007. On 15 November 2008, she was elected president of the governing body. [4]

In 2013 Woodward was appointed to the Australian Olympic Committee Executive.

In 2016, she was awarded an AIS Service Award at Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards. [5]

In March 2024, Woodward was charged with drink-driver and stood down from her AFP duties. [6] She resigned from the AFP that month. In April 2024 Woodward received a non-conviction order and was banned from driving for six months after the magistrate concluded that the incident was the result of health problems. [7]

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
1994 17 Jul 1994 La Seu d'Urgell 1stK1
1995 25 Jun 1995 Prague 3rdK1

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References

  1. ↑ "Australia Day 2002 Honours List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Australian Sports Medal".
  3. ↑ "Australia Day 2020 Honours List" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Australian Canoeing Board of Directors". Australian Canoeing . Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chalmers claims two AIS awards to complete fairy tale year". Australian Sports Commission website. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. ↑ AFP Commander and Olympian Danielle Woodward charged with drink driving after crashing car into tree ABC News Report 24 March 2024, accessed 24 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Neale, Hannah (15 April 2024). "Ill health led to drink-driving police commander's 'stupidity'". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 22 April 2024.


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