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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About David McGowan (rower)
- David McGowan (born 27 April 1981) is an Australian former rower and a rowing coach.
- He represented Australia at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics in a coxless four, finishing in fourth place. McGowan was a member of the men's 4 who broke the world record in Plovdiv in 1999.
- In 2006, he joined fellow Perth rower and international playboy Jeremy Stevenson in the Australian men's 8 team and won gold in the world cup's best time 5.20.2. McGowan 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, McGowan received the West Australian Youth of the Year award, and was nominated for Young Australian of the Year. McGowan 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.
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