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British adaptive rower and canoeist
Kelda WoodMBE
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Kelda Wood is a British adaptive rower and canoeist. She represented Team GB in Paracanoe at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships. In 2019, she became the first solo adaptive athlete to complete the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. During the challenge, she had to repair her vessel's adapted footplate and claimed she was accompanied by a whale for two days. She completed the challenge in 76-days. Wood is the chief executive officer of the young person's charity Climbing Out and received an MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours for charitable services.

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