Hilton Woods
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| Born | 10 September 1968 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||
| College team | Oakland University | |||||||||||
| Coach | Pete Hovath (Oakland) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Hilton Woods (born 10 September 1968) is a swimmer who swam for Michigan's Oakland University, and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Korea Olympics. He grew up in Willemstead, Caracao in the Netherland Antilles.[1]
Olympics
[edit]He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics at 15, Woods competed in the 100-meter freestyle, placing 40th.[2]
At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he placed ninth in the 100-meter freestyle and 16th in the 50-meter freestyle and was the flag bearer for his country. Pete Hovland, Woods's coach at Oakland University coached the Netherland Antilles swim team at the 1988 Olympics.[1][3]
Woods won a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.[1] [3]
Oakland University
[edit]Woods attended Michigan's Oakland University beginning around 1987. He graduated Oakland in 1992 with a medical laboratory science degree, and competed and trained with their swim team under Head Coach Pete Hovland.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Olympedia Biography, Hilton Woods". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hilton Woods Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Crowe, Steve, Hovland Goes to Seoul with Antilles", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 19 May 1988, pg. 66
- ^ "Oakland University Olympians, Hilton Woods". our.oakland.edu. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands Antilles
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
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