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British female swimmer
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Female
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Birth:
2 March 1999(Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, United Kingdom)
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Education:
Loughborough University
The details
Biography
Introduction
Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is a British swimmer from Buxton.
Biography
Wood was born in 1999 and she is from Buxton in Derbyshire. She is a student of Loughborough University. 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.
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.
As part of the 2021 International Swimming League, Wood was selected to the roster of team New York Breakers.
Awards and honours
- SwimSwam Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#85)