Gavin Woods (water polo)
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| Born | 1 March 1978 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||
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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]
See also
[edit]- Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
References
[edit]- ^ "Gavin Woods - Water Polo - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Water Polo Australia". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Gavin Woods at Olympics.com
- Gavin Woods at Olympedia
- Gavin Woods at the Australian Olympic Committee
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