Dutch-born Australian sprint canoeist
Anna Wood
Birth name Annemarie Cox Born (1966-07-22 ) 22 July 1966 (age 58) Roermond , Netherlands Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 64 kg (141 lb) Country Australia Netherlands Sport Canoe sprint Event(s) K-1 5000 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m Club Roermondse Watersport Vereniging Nautilus Gold Coast Canoe Canoe Club
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.[citation needed ]
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 .