David McGowan (rower)

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David McGowan
Born April 27, 1981
Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australian
Education Aquinas College, Perth[1]
Occupation Rower/coach student

David McGowan (born 27 April 1981) is an Australian rower. He represented Australia in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics in the Rowing coxless 4, finishing 4th. David was member of the men's 4 who broke the world record in Plovdiv in 1999. In 2006 joined the Australian men's 8 team and won gold in the world cups best time 5.20.2 Joined the Dutch rowing team in 2007 becoming the youngest coach to win a world championship. He represented Australia at the 2005 ioc sessions in olympia. In 2000 David was awarded the West Australian youth of the year and was nominated for young Australian of the year.


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