Andy Wood (skeleton racer)

Andy Wood (born 15 February 1979 in Hillingdon ) is a British skeleton bob.

Andy Wood began in 2003 with the sport of skeleton and belongs since 2004 to the British National squad. The London is coached by Mark Wood and Danny Holdcroft. His first major race was the British Championship in 2004, where he finished in tenth place. For the 2004/ 05 season, he qualified in the national preliminaries of his association for the Skeleton European Cup and made ​​his international debut as a 15 in November 2004 in Igls. At the national championships 2005 he finished fifth. The following season, he finished in ninth Koenigssee first time a place in the top ten in the European Cup, fourth at the British Championships he also missed a medal just barely. The season 2006/ 07 went in Wood Skeleton America's Cup. There he finished second in the six races three second and three third places and won the overall title. He then won his first European Cup race in Winterberg. Through the good services he was appointed to the Skeleton World Cup and made his debut in February 2007 in Cesana Pariol. In his second race was the Briton in Winterberg 16 and culminated with the performance his best World Cup result. Season's highlight was participating in the Skeleton Championship 2007 in Koenigssee, where Wood but only reached a rather disappointing 24th place. 2007/ 08 he went to the newly created Skeleton Intercontinental. He reached in Winterberg and Calgary third places and took this position in the overall standings. He also achieved several good results in America's Cup races.