Anna Wood (kayaker)

Anna Wood was born Annemarie Cox on 22 July 1966 in Roermond, Netherlands, but is now a naturalised Australian and retired world-class kayaker.

Wood represented Australia at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. With Katrin Borchert she won bronze in the women's K2 500 Olympic event. Two years later the same team was crowned champions in the K2 500 and K2 1.000m events at the World Championships in Hungary. Wood and Borchert again won the K2 1000 world champion title in 1999. At the Sydney Olympics the pairing came 6th in the K2 500. Wood also represent the Dutch kayak team from 1983-1989.

References

* [http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/profiles/WOMENSK2500KAYAK.htm Profile]