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.

Anna Wood

Personal information
Birth name	Annemarie Cox
Born	(1966-07-22) 22 July 1966 Roermond, Netherlands
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
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
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 1988 Seoul K-2 500 m World Championships 1987 Duisburg K-2 500 m 1985 Mechelen K-2 500 m Representing  Australia Olympic Games 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 1991 Paris K-1 5000 m 1997 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 1997 Dartmouth K-2 1000 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 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]