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Revision as of 02:48, 3 August 2022

Abbie Wood
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)
Buxton, England
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×200 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 200 m medley
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m mixed medley

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

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Abbie Wood is an individual medley swimmer from Buxton". Team England. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Buxton swim star Abbie Wood secures Tokyo Olympics place". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Abbie Wood resets Olympic dream after entering 2020 in 'shape of her life'". swimming.org. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: Results" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Three British medals on opening day of swimming at European Championships". swimming.org. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021). "ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed July 30th, Season Begins August 24th". SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ Ortegon, Karl (8 February 2021). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #100 — #76". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 October 2021.