He competed for England in the men's 3 metre springboard event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[1] where he won a bronze medal with his diving partner, Nicholas Robinson-Baker.

[2] He took part in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics 3m springboard but narrowly missed qualifying for the semi-finals.

[4] Woodward retired in 2018, stating that a career in competitive diving was not sustainable in his current position.

He subsequently spent 6 months on a cruise-liner, acting as an on-board aquatics performer, before returning to the UK.

He has since continued in his work as an on-board aquatics performer for a second cruise season.