Abbie Wood (born 2 March 1999) is an English and British

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who competed at the

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Biography

Wood was born in 1999 and she is from

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. She is a student of

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. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the

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, in

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, Hungary, winning the gold medal. Wood was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed

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in April 2021. This was her first Olympics where she joined an "exceptionally high quality" swimming team including

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and

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who are all from Derbyshire and were also at their first Olympics. As part of the

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, Wood was selected to the roster of team New York Breakers.Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021)
"ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed July 30th, Season Begins August 24th"
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''. Retrieved 3 August 2021. In 2023, she became the European champion (short-course) in the 200 metre and 400 metre individual medley. After winning the 200 metres medley at the

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, Wood sealed her place at the

. At the Olympics, Wood finished fifth in the women's 200 metre individual medley final and fifth in the 200 metres freestyle relay final. In 2025, Wood won the 400 metres medley title and finished third behind

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in the 200 metres freestyle at the

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, which sealed a qualification place for the

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in Singapore. Later at the Championships, she also won the 200 metres medley for the second consecutive year.

Awards and honours

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'' Top 100 (Women's): 2021 (#85)Ortegon, Karl (8 February 2021)
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Abbie 1999 births Living people English female freestyle swimmers British female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in swimming European Games gold medalists for Great Britain European Games silver medalists for Great Britain European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Sportspeople from Buxton Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) English female medley swimmers British female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century English sportswomen

Biography

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