Anna Wood (kayaker)
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.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Seoul | K-2 500 m |
| 1996 Atlanta | K-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1998 Szeged | K-2 500 m |
| 1998 Szeged | K-2 1000 m |
| 1999 Milan | K-2 1000 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1987 Duisburg | K-2 500 m |
| 1991 Paris | K-1 5000 m |
| 1997 Dartmouth | K-2 500 m |
| 1997 Dartmouth | K-2 1000 m |
| 1985 Mechelen | K-2 500 m |
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 1983-1989.
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]
References
- Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
- ABC.net.au profile
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Cox-Wood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
