Annemarie Cox

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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 :

personal data
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