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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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