Stuart Wood (canoeist)

Stuart Wood

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 31)
Sport
Sport	Paracanoe
Disability class	VL3
College team	Bath
Coached by	Colin Radmore
Medal record Men's paracanoeing Representing   Great Britain Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo VL3 World Championships 2021 Copenhagen VL3 2019 Szeged VL3 European Championships 2019 Poznan VL3 2025 Racice VL3 2024 Szeged VL3

Stuart Wood (born 31 January 1994) is a British paracanoeist. He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Early life and education

Stuart is a graduate from the University of Bath, where he studied maths, physics and computer science, and he now works in software development in Nottingham. Stuart has been a keen paddler for a number of years and having originally started in the KL3; he has very much found his form in the VL3.

Career

In June 2021 it was announced that Stuart had been selected as part of the paracanoe team for his debut Paralympic Games.

Wood represented Great Britain at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the men's VL3 event and won a bronze medal. He was subsequently named to the Paralympic team for Great Britain. ^[1]

Wood represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's VL3 event and won a bronze medal. ^[2]

References

1. "Stuart Wood earns Olympics place with world para canoe bronze". thenantwichnews.co.uk. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
2. "Stuart Wood". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.