Alyce Wood (née Burnett, born 11 August 1992) is an Australian

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. She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the

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and in the women's K2 500 metres and women's K1 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2017 she won her maiden World Championship title in the K1 1000m. She has also won a string of World Cup medals. In the Under 23 Category she won two Bronze Medals at the World Championships (2014: K1 500 & 2015: K2 500). At the

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Wood competed with K-2 partner

Alyssa Bull Alyssa Bull (born 1 December 1995) is an Australian canoeist. She qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Bull was unable to make the final of the women's K-1 500m being knocked out in the semi-final. Bull paired with Alyce ...

. They then made the A-Final of the K-2 500m by finishing second in their semi-final. In the final they came fifth and finished with a time of 1min 37.412sec, just 0.545sec from a podium finish. This was an improvement from their 8th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event. Wood also made the final of the women's K-1 500m at the 2020 Olympics and finished in eighth place.

Personal

Wood (née Burnett) grew up on the Sunshine Coast. She moved to the Gold Coast in 2013 to train at the

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, but still has close ties with the Sunshine Coast, racing for Sunshine Coast Paddle Sport Club in the Kayak and Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club on the Ski. Wood's Husband is Jordan Wood, who is also an Olympic and World Champion Kayaker. They got married in October 2019.

Work

Wood has completed both a Bachelor of Communication and a Master of Business Administration through

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...

. She now runs a digital marketing business which specialises in implementing successful marketing strategies for small businesses.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Alyce 1992 births Living people Australian female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Australia Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics