Anna Wood
Personal information
Birth nameAnnemarie Cox
Born (1966-07-22) 22 July 1966
Roermond, Netherlands
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
 Netherlands
SportCanoe sprint
Event(s)K-1 5000 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m
ClubRoermondse Watersport Vereniging Nautilus
Gold Coast Canoe Canoe Club
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1988 SeoulK-2 500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1987 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1985 MechelenK-2 500 m
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1996 AtlantaK-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 SzegedK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1998 SzegedK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1999 MilanK-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1991 ParisK-1 5000 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-2 1000 m

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.

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 to 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

  1. ↑ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.


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