Danielle Woodward OAM

OAM

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 (born 20 March 1965) is an Australia

Australia

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n slalom canoer

Slalom canoeing

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 who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Barcelona

Barcelona

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 in 1992

1992 Summer Olympics

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Woodward was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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She was a Detective

Detective

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 with the Australian Federal Police

Australian Federal Police

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 at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

and is currently a Detective Sergeant in their Melbourne Office.

Woodward was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Australia Day 2002 and the Australian Sports Medal.