Alyce Wood

Alyce Wood
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Websitealycewood.com.au
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCanoe sprint
EventK1, K2
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals8th K2 500 Rio Olympic Games, 5th K2 500 Tokyo Olympic Games, 8th K1 500 Tokyo Olympic Games
Highest world ranking1st K1 1000m 2017 World Championships
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice K-1 1000 m
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Alyce Wood (née Burnett, born 11 August 1992) is an Australian canoeist. She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1] and in the women's K2 500 metres and women's K1 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2017 she won her maiden World Championship title in the K1 1000m. She has also won a string of World Cup medals. In the Under 23 Category she won two Bronze Medals at the World Championships (2014: K1 500 & 2015: K2 500).[2]

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Wood competed with K-2 partner Alyssa Bull. They then made the A-Final of the K-2 500m by finishing second in their semi-final. In the final they came fifth and finished with a time of 1min 37.412sec, just 0.545sec from a podium finish.[3][4] This was an improvement from their 8th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.

Wood also made the final of the women's K-1 500m at the 2020 Olympics and finished in eighth place.

  1. ^ "Alyce Burnett". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Alyce Burnett". 4 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Canoe Sprint Results Book - Tokyo 2020" (PDF). 7 August 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.