Jennifer Wood (gymnast)

Last updated

Jennifer Wood
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1972-08-04) 4 August 1972 (age 49)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sport
Sport Gymnastics

Jennifer Wood (born 4 August 1972) is a Canadian gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

Related Research Articles

Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the Olympics

The equestrian events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.

Jennifer L. Nichols Hardy is an archer from the United States. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old and at fifteen she won the National Youth Archery Competition.

Clare Jacqueline Wood is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in singles and No. 59 in doubles. Wood won one ITF singles title and six in doubles as well as won a WTA doubles title at the 1992 Wellington Classic, having been the runner-up the previous year. At the time of her retirement, she had a 212–223 singles win-loss record with notable wins over Jo Durie and Mary Pierce.

Sarah Hammer American cyclist

Sarah Kathryn Hammer is a former American professional racing cyclist and four-times Olympic silver medalist. With eight world championships, she has been called, "America's most decorated track athlete." Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.

Carolyn Wood (swimmer) American swimmer

Carolyn Virginia Wood is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Jennifer Chandler American diver

Jennifer Chandler is a retired American diver who won the gold medal in the women's 3-metre springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She also won a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. She is also a seven-time national diving champion.

Jennifer Margaret Armstrong OAM is an Olympic sailor from New Zealand. After competing for her native country at the 1992 Olympics, she moved to Australia in 1996 and won a historic sailing gold for her adopted country at the 2000 Olympics.

Jennifer Rhines American long-distance runner

Jennifer "Jen" Rhines is an American long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics and made 15 US Teams.

Jennifer Lynn Brundage is an American, former collegiate All-American softball player and current assistant head coach for Michigan. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins from 1992 to 1995 and won the 1992 Women's College World Series championship. Brundage was named Honda Sports Award for softball as Player of the Year in 1995. As a part of Team USA softball, she won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Daniel Beery is an American competition rower, Olympic champion, world champion and world cup gold medalist.

Jennifer-Kirsten Barnes is a Canadian rower and Olympic champion.

Jennifer Dore-Terhaar is an American rower, two-time Olympian and World Champion. She competed in women's quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Jennifer Abel Canadian diver

Jennifer Abel is a Canadian former diver. She is currently partnered with Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu for synchronized diving. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3 m synchro diving event with Émilie Heymans and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the same event with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu. Abel is a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 1 m and 3 m synchronized springboard; and is also a three-time Pan American Games champion in the 3 m springboard and 3 m synchronized springboard. Her ten medals at the FINA World Championships are a record for most medals by a Canadian in diving at the world championships.

Jennifer Wilson (field hockey) South African field hockey player

Jennifer "Jen" Wilson is the head coach for Scotland. She is a former South Africa international field hockey player.

Jennifer Hohl Swiss cyclist

Jennifer Hohl is a retired Swiss professional road cyclist. She represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later earned three Swiss national championship titles in the women's elite road race. Before retiring to focus primarily on her family life and business career, Hohl rode for three seasons on the Bigla Cycling Team since 2006, followed by her short, annual stints on Germany's Noris Cycling and Italy's Mcipollini–Giordana and Faren–Honda Team.

Jennifer Walinga is a Commonwealth gold medallist in rowing. Outside of the Commonwealth Games, Walinga won two golds and one bronze in the World Rowing Championships. She was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

Jennifer Diachun is a Canadian gymnast. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennifer Wood Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2019.