Rod Davis (sailor)
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Davis in San Diego, 2011
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| Full name | Roderick Hopkins Davis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1955 (age 68) United States |
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Roderick Hopkins "Rod" Davis (born August 27, 1955 in the United States)[1][2] is a former competitive sailor who won Olympic medals for two different countries. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States, he won the Gold medal in the Soling class along with Robert Haines and Edward Trevelyan. After moving to New Zealand he was chosen to represent that country at the next three Olympic Games. Along with Don Cowie he won a Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain in the Star class.
Davis and Cowie finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and were also fifth in the Soling class at Sydney along with 3rd crewman Alan Smith.
In ocean racing, Davis began his involvement with the America's Cup in 1987 sailing the Eagle for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club.[3] later he was appointed coach of the New Zealand team. It was at this time that he moved to New Zealand. He has subsequently been involved in several America's Cup campaigns for various syndicates. In 2005 he was appointed Yachting New Zealand's Olympic Director.
References
- ↑ In his biography at the NZOC website his place of birth is listed as Key West, Florida in the infobox but San Diego, California in the text.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Rod-Davis[non-primary source needed]
External links
- Rod Davis at New Zealand Olympic Committee website
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