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Abbie Wood
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×200m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 200m medley

Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is a British swimmer from Buxton.[1][2]

Life

Wood was born in 1999 and she is from Buxton in Derbyshire. She is a student of Loughborough University.[1] 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.[3][4]

Wood was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics in April 2021. This would be her first Olympics where she would join an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team including Jacob Whittle, Sarah Vasey and Molly Renshaw who are all from Derbyshire and also at their first Olympics.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Buxton swim star Abbie Wood secures Tokyo Olympics place". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Abbie Wood resets Olympic dream after entering 2020 in 'shape of her life'". swimming.org. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: Results" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Three British medals on opening day of swimming at European Championships". swimming.org. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.