Gavin Woods (water polo)

Gavin Woods
Personal information
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978 (age 46)
Sydney, Australia
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu Team competition

Gavin Woods (born 1 March 1978) is an Australian water polo player. He was a member of Australia's Olympic squad at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He began his career playing centre-back but switched to centre-forward for the 2004 Olympics.

His father David is a three-time Olympian (1964, 1968 and 1972) and former coach of the Australian women's team (1991–1994), while his sister Taryn and his cousin Bronwyn Mayer were in the women's national team at the Sydney Olympics.

In 2019, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ "Gavin Woods - Water Polo - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.