Anna Wood (kayaker)

Anna Wood

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	K-2 500 m
	1996 Atlanta	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1998 Szeged	K-2 500 m
	1998 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
	1999 Milan	K-2 1000 m
	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

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 1983-1989.

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.

References

• ABC.net.au profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile