David William Crawshay was born on 11 August 1979 and is an Australian former rower, an eleven-time national champion, an Olympic champion and medalist at World Championships.
15 Facts About David Crawshay
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David Crawshay represented Australia in rowing at three consecutive Olympic games from Athens 2004 to London 2012.
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David Crawshay then contested the President's Cup in 2003 and 2004.
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David Crawshay was initially selected to represent Victoria in the President's Cup single scull at the 2016 Interstate Regatta, but following the announcement of his retirement from international competition he was replaced by Karsten Forsterling.
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David Crawshay won that title in 2005,2007,2009,2011,2012 and he placed second in 2006 and 2010.
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David Crawshay made his Australian representative debut in 2000 at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in a quad scull.
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David Crawshay raced again in 2001 at the U2 World Championships in a quad scull and won bronze.
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That same year David Crawshay competed in Australia's senior quad scull at the 2001 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne for a tenth-place finish.
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In 2003 David Crawshay was back in Australian representative crews rowing with Peter Hardcastle in the double scull at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne for a second placing and then at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan to a sixth-place finish in the final.
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David Crawshay regained his seat in the Australian quad scull in 2006 racing at two World Rowing Cups in Europe that year before contesting the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton Dorney where the quad placed ninth.
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In 2007 David Crawshay teamed with Tasmanian Scott Brennan in the Australian senior double scull and they commenced their 2008 Olympics campaign.
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David Crawshay held his seat in the Australian quad for the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Karapiro and rowing with Noonan and Karsten Forsterling, James McRae, the crew finished third and took the bronze medal.
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David Crawshay raced in the eight and a coxless four at the WRC I in Sydney; in the eight at WRC III in Lucerne and then he was in the two seat of the eight for the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam where they missed a place in the A final and finished in overall seventh place.
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In 2015, his final year of international representation David Crawshay switched back to sculls and gained the bow seat in the Australian quad scull.
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In March 2016, David Crawshay announced his retirement from international rowing.