Abbie Wood
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1999 Buxton, England |
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| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is an English and British swimmer. In 2023, she became the European champion (short-course) in the 200 metre and 400 metre individual medley.[2][3]
Biography
Wood was born in 1999 and she is from Buxton in Derbyshire. She is a student of Loughborough University.[2] She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, winning the gold medal.[4][5]
Wood was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in April 2021. This was her first Olympics where she joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team including Jacob Whittle, Sarah Vasey and Molly Renshaw who are all from Derbyshire and were also at their first Olympics.[6]
As part of the 2021 International Swimming League, Wood was selected to the roster of team New York Breakers.[7]
After winning the 200 metres medley at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Wood sealed her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
Awards and honours
See also
- List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)
References
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- ↑ Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021). "ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed July 30th, Season Begins August 24th". SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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- ↑ Ortegon, Karl (8 February 2021). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #100 — #76". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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