Danielle Anne Woodward APM OAM (born 20 March 1965 in

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) is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in three

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, she won a silver medal in the K1 event at the

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. Woodward was born in Burwood in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and grew up in Newtown in New South Wales. At the time of the

she was a

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with the

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and is currently a Detective Superintendent. In March 2016 Danielle was awarded the Commissioner's Medal for Innovation, recognising her exceptional dedication in combating human trafficking, particularly with the creation and delivery of awareness packages for front line police across Australia. Woodward was awarded the

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(OAM) on Australia Day 2002 and the

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on 22 June 2000. In the 2020 Australia Day Honours List Woodward was awarded the

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(APM). Woodward was appointed as a director of

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on 29 April 2007. On 15 November 2008, she was elected president of the governing body. In 2013 Woodward was appointed to the

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Executive. In 2016, she was awarded an AIS Service Award at Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.

World Cup individual podiums

References

Sports-reference.com profile
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Slalom Singles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 495–6. 1965 births Australian female canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Olympic medalists in canoeing Police officers from Melbourne Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Sportspeople from Melbourne Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub