Annemarie Cox
Anna Wood , née Annemarie Cox (born July 22, 1966 in Roermond in the province of Limburg ), is a former Australian canoeist of Dutch origin. She won a medal at the Olympic Games for both nations with her respective (differing) name .
She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul for the canoe team of the Netherlands . After her marriage to the Australian canoeist Steven Wood (* March 17, 1961; † November 23, 1995) she took her current name Anna Wood and started for Australia.
Sporting successes
At the 1988 Summer Olympics , she won in canoe racing under her birth name Anne Marie Cox, together with Annemiek Derckx on the short-range over 500 meters in the double kayak (K2) of the ladies the bronze medal in the time of 1: 46.00 minutes.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , she and the German-born canoeist Katrin Borchert, who also started for Australia, reached the women's K2 over 500 meters with a time of 1: 40.641 minutes. third place.
In addition, she won medals at the following canoe world championships in kayaks :
- Canoe racing world championships 1985 in Mechelen in K2 with Annemiek Derckx over 500 meters bronze in 1: 47.95 min.
- Canoe racing world championships 1987 in Duisburg in K2 with Derckx over 500 meters silver
- Canoe racing world championships in 1991 in Paris in a single kayak (K1) over 5000 meters silver
- Canoe Racing World Championships 1997 in Dartmouth ( Canada ) in K2 with Katrin Borchert and now with the name "Wood" for Australia, starting silver over the 500 as well as the 1000 meter distance
- Canoe racing world championships 1998 in Szeged / Hungary in K2 with Borchert over 500 and 1000 meters both gold times
- Canoe racing world championships 1999 in Milan in K2 with Borchert over 1000 meters gold.
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SURNAME | Cox, Annemarie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wood, Anna (married name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian canoeist of Dutch origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roermond , Netherlands |