paralympics gb staff - sportcentric
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Marc Woods<br />
Date of Birth: 01.01.69<br />
Born: Cleethorpes<br />
Lives: Manchester<br />
Nickname: Woodsey<br />
Club: Wilmslow &<br />
District S.C.<br />
Classification: S10<br />
Coach: Lars Hunter<br />
Height: 5’ 11”<br />
Weight: 72.3kg<br />
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:<br />
Paralympic Games<br />
Sydney 2000: GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts),<br />
SILVER 4x100m Medley Relay (34pts)<br />
Atlanta 1996: SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10),<br />
SILVER 4x100m Medley relay (34pts),<br />
BRONZE 400m Freestyle (S10)<br />
Barcelona 1992: SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10)<br />
Seoul 1988: GOLD 4x100m Freestyle relay (34pts),<br />
GOLD 4x100m Medley Relay (34pts), SILVER 4x50m<br />
Medley Relay (34pts), BRONZE 4x50m Freestyle relay<br />
(34pts), BRONZE 100m Backstroke (S10)<br />
Finest Sporting Moment: Winning gold at the 2000<br />
Paralympics in Sydney in the 4x100 Freestyle relay.<br />
Tips for the Top: Aim to reach your potential, to be<br />
exceptional and not simply to be good enough<br />
First GB Selection Year: 1988<br />
Sporting Heroes: Reinhold Messner<br />
Favourite Sport Other than Swimming:<br />
Climbing & skiing<br />
Hobbies: Reading, yoga<br />
Three Words that Best Describe you:<br />
Compulsive, obsessive & conscientious<br />
Would Most like to Meet: Nelson Mandela<br />
Most Prized Possessions: Attitude<br />
Ambitions: To complete my swimming career in the<br />
knowledge that I gave it my best<br />
Biggest Influence on Career:<br />
My father & Doug Campbell<br />
Tips to Relax: Visualisation prior to competition helps to<br />
deal with distracting issues at an event. The knowledge<br />
that you have done everything you can to prepare for<br />
an event provides peace of mind and self-respect helps<br />
in stressful environments.<br />
Awards: Freeman of the City of London, BSc Hons<br />
Business Studies, Honorory Doctorate Middlesex<br />
University<br />
Word Championships<br />
Argentina 2002: GOLD 4x100m Medley Relay (34pts),<br />
SILVER 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts)<br />
New Zealand 1998: BRONZE 4x100m Freestyle Relay<br />
(34pts), BRONZE 4x100m Medley Relay (34pts)<br />
Malta 1994: SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10), SILVER<br />
4x100m Medley relay (34pts)<br />
European Championships<br />
Sweden 2001: GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts)<br />
Germany 1999: GOLD 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts),<br />
SILVER 100m Freestyle (S10),<br />
BRONZE 50m Freestyle (S10)<br />
Badajoz 1997: GOLD 400m Freestyle (S10),<br />
SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10), SILVER 50m Freestyle<br />
(S10), SILVER 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts),<br />
BRONZE 100m Freestyle (S10)<br />
Perpignan 1995: SILVER 400m Freestyle (S10), SILVER<br />
100m Freestyle (S10), SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10),<br />
SILVER 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34pts), SILVER 4x100m<br />
Medley relay (34pts)<br />
Barcelona 1991: SILVER 100m Backstroke (S10)<br />
RECORDS HELD:<br />
1500m Freestyle S10 Sheffield 05/06/98 18:48.25 BR<br />
200m Backstroke S10 Sheffield 01/06/96 2:22.94secs BR<br />
4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pts Sydney<br />
26/10/00 4:06.85 BR,ER<br />
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