Jordan Wood (born 1 August 1994) is an Australian

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. He competed in the men's K-2 200 metres and men's K-4 1000 metres events at the

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. Wood teamed up with Lachlan Tame,

Murray Stewart Murray Scott Stewart (born 2 July 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is an Australian kayaker. Stewart qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and teamed up with Riley Fitzsimmons, Lachlan Tame and Jordan Wood in the Men's K-4 500m sprint ...

and Riley Fitzsimmons in the men's K-4 500m at the

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. The team came second in their heat with a time of 1.22:662. In their semi-final they paddled quite a bit slower but still managed to come second and qualify for the final. They couldn't keep up their good form and came sixth in the final, nearly 3 seconds behind the eventual winner, Germany.

Early years

Wood grew up on the Gold Coast, Queensland and therefore was always surrounded by water. In his junior years he preferred racing mountain bikes but his downhill mountain biking injuries took its toll and started kayaking seriously at the age of 15. His parents were Olympic kayakers. His late father Steve Wood won K4 1000 metres bronze at Barcelona 1992. Wood's mother Anna Wood initially competed for

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but then went onto win the K2 500m bronze for Australia at the

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. She was then placed sixth at the

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. Anna Wood is now the coach of the Australian women's canoe sprint team.

Achievements

At the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Wood won gold in the K2 1000 and silver in the K1 1000 and K2 200 In 2015, he partnered with Riley Fitzsimmons and won K2 1000 gold at the Under 23 World Championships. The pair then won the first Grand Prix regatta of the 2016 season, defeating 2015 World Championships silver medalists and Olympians Ken Wallace and Lachlan Tame. Wood teamed with

Jacob Clear Jacob Peter Clear (born 18 January 1985) is an Australian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. He was a member of the gold medal-w ...

, Riley Fitzsimmons and Ken Wallace in the K4 1000 at the

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. The crew went down fighting in the final to finish fourth behind Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Jordan 1994 births Living people Australian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Australia Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 21st-century Australian people