David McGowan (rower)
| David McGowan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 April 1981 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Aquinas College, Perth[1] |
| Occupation | Rower/coach/student |
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.