Steven Wood (17 March 1961 – 23 November 1995) was an Australian

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and marathon canoeist who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two

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, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at

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. Wood won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 1000 m:

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) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m:

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). He was married to Anna Wood, a Dutch-born sprint canoeist who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics, one for

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and one for the

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. He was an

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scholarship holder in 1988 and 1991–1992. Wood committed suicide in

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by hanging himself, possibly due to a recurring elbow injury.

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1961 births 1995 suicides Australian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships Australian Institute of Sport canoeists Suicides by hanging in Australia Suicides in Queensland 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub