WOOD Jordan

Date of Birth: 1 Aug 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Double 1000m AUS Australia	13
	Men's Kayak Four 500m AUS Australia	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Heat 2 #60	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Quarterfinal 2 #73	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Semi-final 1 #82	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Final B #91	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Heat 1 #102	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 2 #118	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Final A #125	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11	4

World Championships

Year	Location	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K4 1000m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	5	-	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	19	4	4	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	15	-	1	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	-	4	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	11	-	-	-	13
2013	Duisburg, GER	17	-	-	-	-

Oceania Open Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2020	Penrith, NSW, AUS	3	3	-	3	1
2018	Penrith, NSW, AUS	4	4	1	1	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2019	2 x 6th	-
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th	1 x 4th
2017	1 x 4th, 1 x 15th, 1 x 31st	1 x 24th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:14.557
4	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:17.432
4	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:21.780
4	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	3:12.388
5	2018	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:13.734
6	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:09.729
6	2019	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	3:13.490
15	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:16.160
24	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	1:29.036
31	2017	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:17.091

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Wife Alyce Wood

Languages spoken:

Gold Coast Canoe Club [Australia]

Sporting relatives:

His father Steve won bronze for Australia in the K4 1000m at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. His mother Anna won bronze for the Netherlands in the K2 500m at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and claimed another bronze for Australia in the same event at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She has also served as a national coach for the Australian women's canoe sprint team. His wife Alyce Wood [nee Burnett] has competed for Australia in canoe sprint and raced in the K2 500m at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Jan 2020; paddle.org.au, 05 Dec 2019; Facebook profile, 28 Nov 2019; rio2016olympics.com.au, 16 Mar 2016; abc.net.au, 25 Jun 2015; 16 Oct 2013)

Other sports:

He has competed in downhill mountain biking at junior state level. (canoe.org.au, 04 Mar 2014)

2013 for Australia (canoe.org.au, 04 Mar 2014)

He began paddling at age eight at the Gold Coast Canoe Club in Queensland, Australia. He took up the sport seriously at age 15. (canoeicf.com, 01 Jan 2017; canoe.org.au, 04 Mar 2014)

His mother encouraged him to become involved in the sport. "When I was young, I jumped in a boat but I actually wanted to be a mountain biker. After I realised that I wasn't very good at mountain biking, and got too many injuries to count, I took kayaking a bit more seriously." (paddle.org.au, 04 Mar 2018; canoe.org.au, 04 Mar 2014)

Winning a gold medal in the K4 1000m event at the 2017 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. (paddle.org.au, 04 Mar 2018)

Philosophy:

"I love to push the boundaries and to see how much I can make my body hurt." (canoe.org.au, 04 Mar 2014)

General Interest

General
FAMILY TRADITION
Despite both his parents winning medals in canoe sprint at the Olympic Games, he says he never felt burdened to emulate his parents' achievements in the sport. "It was never like a shadow over me. No one ever tried to make me paddle if I didn't want to do it. I wasn't pressured to live up to the family name. I do it because I have a passion for it and I want to do it for myself. I had always paddled a bit because I was always around the sport growing up, but I really didn't start training until I was 15 or 16." His mother Anna has a long history of coaching in the sport, but has never coached her son. "She has been super supportive, but always said she wanted to be my mum and not my coach." (theaustralian.com.au, 17 Mar 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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