Doris Woods

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameDoris•Woods
Used nameDoris•Woods
Born1 August 1902 in Plaistow, England (GBR)
Died13 September 1956 in Caterham, England (GBR)
AffiliationsNorthampton Institute, Islington (GBR)
NOC Great Britain
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Doris Woods was one of the six members of the Northampton Polytechnic Institute (NPI) Women’s Gymnastics Club in the first ever British women’s gymnastics team, at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Along with NPI team-mates Lucy Desmond, Jessie Kite, Queenie Judd, Midge Moreman, and Ethel Seymour she helped Great Britain collect the team bronze medal. It would be 84 years before a British female gymnast would next stand on an Olympic podium, when Beth Tweddle won the uneven bars bronze medal in 2012.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) GBR Doris Woods
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) Great Britain 3 Bronze