Annette Woodward
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Full name | Annette Mary Woodward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() SP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Melbourne Airport Pistol Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Anatoliy Babushkin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Annette Mary Woodward (born 8 November 1947 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian sport shooter.[2] She has competed for Australia in pistol shooting at two Olympics (1996, and 2004), and has collected a total of six medals in a major international competition, spanning the World Cup series, Oceanian Championships, and two editions of the Commonwealth Games (1994 and 1998).[1] During her sporting career, Woodward trained under head coach Anatoliy Babushkin for the Australian national team, while shooting at the luxuriously appointed Melbourne Airport Pistol Club.[1][3]
Woodward started shooting seriously in 1985 and eventually won a total of four medals, two golds, one silver, and one bronze, in both air and sport pistol at the Commonwealth Games nine years later.[4] She made her first Australian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing twenty-third in the sport pistol with a total score of 573 points (284 in precision and 289 in the rapid-fire).[5]
In 1998, Woodward shared her third career gold with partner Christine Trefry in her signature event at her second
Woodward had been set to become Australia's oldest athlete (aged 56) in 28 years after securing a selection on her second Olympic team to compete in the
References
- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Annette Woodward". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annette Woodward". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ABC News Australia. 30 July 2004. Archived from the originalon 10 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Shooter at home on range, not over hill". The Age. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 117. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Olympian Granny, get your gun!". Shanghai Star. China Daily. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 February 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.