Annette Woodward

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Annette Woodward
Personal information
Full nameAnnette Mary Woodward
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1947-11-08) 8 November 1947 (age 76)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
ClubMelbourne Airport Pistol Club [1]
Coached byAnatoliy Babushkin [1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria 25m Sport Pistol (Pair)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria 10m Air Pistol (Pair)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria 10m Air Pistol
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria 25m Sport Pistol
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 25m Sport Pistol (Pair)

Annette Mary Woodward (born 8 November 1947 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian sport shooter. [2] She has competed for Australia in pistol shooting at two Olympics (1996, and 2004), and has collected a total of six medals in a major international competition, spanning the World Cup series, Oceanian Championships, and two editions of the Commonwealth Games (1994 and 1998). [1] During her sporting career, Woodward trained under head coach Anatoliy Babushkin for the Australian national team, while shooting at the luxuriously appointed Melbourne Airport Pistol Club. [1] [3]

Woodward started shooting seriously in 1985 and eventually won a total of four medals, two golds, one silver, and one bronze, in both air and sport pistol at the Commonwealth Games nine years later. [4] She made her first Australian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing twenty-third in the sport pistol with a total score of 573 points (284 in precision and 289 in the rapid-fire). [5]

In 1998, Woodward shared her third career gold with partner Christine Trefry in her signature event at her second Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but retired immediately to take care of her ailing husband Ray, who had been diagnosed with cancer and consequently died a year later. Following her husband's premature death, Woodward could not bring herself to shoot until she decided on a comeback in 2002 after missing Sydney 2000 and her possible third Commonwealth Games. [4] [6]

Woodward had been set to become Australia's oldest athlete (aged 56) in 28 years after securing a selection on her second Olympic team to compete in the 25 m pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [4] [7] She managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 586 in sport pistol shooting to obtain an Olympic quota place for Australia, following her top finish at the Oceanian Championships in Auckland, New Zealand less than a year earlier. [8] Woodward shot 284 in the precision stage and a scintillating 292 in the rapid fire for a total score of 576 points in the qualifying round, finishing in eighteenth place out of thirty-seven elite shooters. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annette Woodward". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Woodward has her sights set on gold". ABC News Australia. 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shooter at home on range, not over hill". The Age. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Shooting – Women's 25m Pistol" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 117. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Grandmother, 56, set to be Australia's oldest Olympian". Sydney Morning Herald . 10 June 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Olympian Granny, get your gun!". Shanghai Star . China Daily. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 February 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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