Kelda Wood
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Kelda Wood (born 1962/1963),[1][2] is a British adaptive rower and canoeist. She represented Team GB in Paracanoe at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships.[3] In 2019, she became the first solo adaptive athlete to complete the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.[3][4] 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.[5][6] Wood is the chief executive officer of the charity Climbing Out (which empowers life after trauma) and received an MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours for charitable services.[1]
