Marc Woods is a former British swimmer, who competed at five Paralympic Games, winning 12 medals.

A swimmer at county-level, Marc developed cancer as a teenager. Aged 17, he had his left leg amputated as a result of the cancer. The day after having his stitches removed, he returned to the pool as part of his rehabilitaion. Within a year, he was swimming faster times with one leg than he previously had with two, and just 18 months after he finished his chemotherapy he was selected to represent Great Britain.^[1]

Woods subsequently competed at European & World Championships and Paralympic Games. In his 17 years of competition he won 12 Paralympic medals from five Paralympic Games, four of those medals being gold. Woods also won a further 21 medals from European and World Championships.

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