Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is a British

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

Biography

Wood was born in 1999 and she is from

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

. She is a student of

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

. She competed in the

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event at the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

, in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Hungary, winning the gold medal. Wood was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

in April 2021. This was her first Olympics where she joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team including

Jacob Whittle Jacob Whittle (born 25 September 2004) is a British competitive swimmer from Alfreton who specializes in freestyle swimming. In 2020 he joined as the youngest member of the New York Breakers in the International Swimming League as a professio ...

Sarah Vasey Sarah Vasey (born 29 August 1996) is a former British swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. Vasey qualified for the 50 metre breaststroke final at the 2018 C ...

and

Molly Renshaw Molly Renshaw (born 6 May 1996) is an English breaststroke swimmer. In 2016, she won the 200 metres breaststroke at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Career In 2012, she won the national 200 m title, but was not selected for ...

who are all from Derbyshire and we’re also at their first Olympics. As part of the

2021 International Swimming League The 2021 International Swimming League was the third edition of the International Swimming League, a professional swimming league, established in 2019. It comprised ten teams composed of both women and men. The league, due to COVID-19 pandemic tr ...

, Wood was selected to the roster of team

New York Breakers NY Breakers is a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the global International Swimming League (ISL) based in New York City led by general manager, Tim Teeter and head coach, Martin Truijens. The ISL is owned by Kons ...

.Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021)
"ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed July 30th, Season Begins August 24th"
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''. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

Awards and honours

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'' Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#85)Ortegon, Karl (8 February 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Women's #100 — #76"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

References

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Abbie 1999 births Living people British female swimmers British female freestyle swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in swimming European Games gold medalists for Great Britain European Games silver medalists for Great Britain European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain 21st-century British women Sportspeople from Buxton Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games