Nationality Australian Height 1.88 m Role Rower | Name David McGowan Occupation Rower/coach student Education Aquinas College, Perth | |
Born 27 April 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-04-27 ) Perth, Western Australia | ||
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 fellow Perth rower and international playboy Jeremy Stevenson in 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. In 2008 he took over the failing Dutch Men's 8 and managed to qualify them for the Olympics. 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.
David has been active in encouraging grass-roots rowing in Western Australia, including co-coaching PSA Rowing events. In 2007, prior to his departure for the Netherlands, he and Gavin Russel co-coached the winning Trinity College crew in the 2007 Head of the River.