Education
Aquinas College, Perth.
Aquinas College, Perth.
He represented Australia in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics in the Rowing coxless 4, finishing 4th. 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 International Olympic Committee 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.
David was member of the men"s 4 who broke the world record in Plovdiv in 1999.
