Meet Kimberley Woods, world champ Team GB canoeist whose battled mental health issues in pursuit of Paris 2024 dream [Video]

KIMBERLEY WOODS is a Team GB canoeist who will be gunning for gold at the Olympics later this month.

The 28-year-old recently won the 2023 World Cup in Kayak Cross – the Olympics’ newest event.

Kimberley Woods was born in Rugby on September 8, 1995.

She got into canoeing when she was younger and began competing at the international level in 2011.

Since her breakthrough, she has won 13 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds.

The British slalom canoeist has also won 14 medals at the European Championships.

She qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Women’s K1 event where she finished in 10th place.

Woods’ most recent success is her victory at the World Cup in Kayak Cross last year.

Kayak Cross will debut for the first …