Danielle Woodward

Who is Danielle Woodward?

Danielle Anne Woodward OAM is an Australian slalom canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Woodward was born in Burwood in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and grew up in Newtown in New South Wales.

She was a Detective with the Australian Federal Police at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics and is currently a Detective Sergeant in their Melbourne Office.

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

Woodward was appointed as a director Australian Canoeing on 29 April 2007. On 15 November 2008, she was elected president of the governing body.