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Born | Rugby, England | 8 September 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | C1, K1, Kayak cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Rugby Canoe Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kimberley Woods (born 8 September 1995) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011.[1]
Woods was born in 1995 and she was one of four children living in Rugby. At the age of four she remembers watching recordings of her aunt Diane winning a canoeing silver medal in 1994. Later she remembers seeing a police swat team invading a nearby house to counter drugs dealing. Her grandparents said that they would get her a canoe when she could swim 50 yards as this was required to be on the water. By the age of eight she had a boat but she was also a victim of bullying based on her physique. She suffered alone and did not share her tears with her parents.[2]
Her strong arms gave her an edge at canoeing and at her debut at the junior worlds she gained three medals. Canoeing was inportant to her and when she was forced to stop because of an injury she turned to self-harming. The bullying continued until she was fourteen and one consolation is that she is going to her second Olympics (in 2024) and she suspects her bullies lives would not provide much comparison.[2]
In 2013 she was studying at Rugby College before she joined the University of Hertfordshire.[3]
She has won 13 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds (Kayak cross: 2023; C1 team: 2017, 2018, 2023; K1 team: 2019, 2021), three silvers (C1: 2023; Kayak cross: 2022; K1 team: 2015) and four bronzes (K1: 2021; C1 team: 2022; K1 team: 2018, 2023).[4] She has also won 14 medals (8 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships, including a silver in the C1 team event at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.
Woods won the overall World Cup title in Kayak cross in 2023.
She qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Women's K1 event[5] where she finished in 10th place.[2] In 2024 she returned to Olympic kayak competition in Paris.[6]
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C1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
K1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kayak cross | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2013 | 22 June 2013 | Cardiff | 1st | C1 |
29 June 2013 | Augsburg | 3rd | C1 | |
2015 | 27 June 2015 | Kraków | 2nd | C1 |
8 August 2015 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 | |
2016 | 4 June 2016 | Ivrea | 3rd | C1 |
10 September 2016 | Tacen | 1st | C1 | |
2017 | 17 June 2017 | Prague | 1st | C1 |
18 June 2017 | Prague | 2nd | K1 | |
2019 | 16 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 2nd | C1 |
8 September 2019 | Prague | 2nd | C1 | |
2022 | 26 June 2022 | Tacen | 1st | Kayak cross |
2023 | 11 June 2023 | Prague | 1st | Kayak cross |
1 September 2023 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 | |
3 September 2023 | La Seu d'Urgell | 2nd | Kayak cross | |
8 October 2023 | Vaires-sur-Marne | 2nd | Kayak cross | |
2024 | 16 June 2024 | Kraków | 3rd | Kayak cross |
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