David Crawshay is an Australian rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

. Crawshay is a member of Mercantile Rowing Club

Mercantile Rowing Club

The Mercantile Rowing Club is based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1880, club members have included a number of top rowers, including members of Australia's Oarsome Foursome — Mike McKay, James Tomkins, Andrew Cooper and Drew Ginn, and Beijing Olympic Gold Medallist David Crawshay.The current...

 based on the Yarra River in Victoria.

David has won gold in the President's Cup race in the King's Cup Interstate Regatta at the Australian Rowing Championships

Australian Rowing Championships

The Australian Rowing Championships is an annual rowing event that determines Australia's rowing champions and the rowers who will make up Australia's rowing teams at the Olympic Games...

 on three occasions, in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

With his teammate Scott Brennan

Scott Brennan (rower)

Scott Brennan is an Australian rower.Brennan took up rowing in 1995 whilst at St Virgil's College in Hobart, where he eventually became captain of the school in 1998...

, Crawshay won the gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing, China.

External links

• Athlete profile at Yahoo