James Dallinger

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Men's Rowing
World Under-23 Rowing Championships
Gold 2006 Hazelwinkel, Belgium Coxed four
World Rowing Championships
Bronze 2006 Eton, UK Coxed four
Gold 2007, Munich Coxless four

James William Dallinger, (born 30 September 1985 ) is a New Zealand rower. He was a member of the world champion under-23 coxed four in 2006, and the world champion senior coxless four in 2007. He has been selected for the New Zealand coxless four to compete at the Beijing Olympics.[1][2]

[edit] Early life

Dallinger was born in Cambridge, New Zealand and attended St Paul's Collegiate School in nearby Hamilton [3]. He started rowing with the school club in 2000, where he was coached by three time Olympian Ian Wright (rower).

In 2002 and 2003 Dallinger was part of the U19 Eight that won the Maadi Cup - the first two wins in the school's history.[4]

[edit] International rowing

In 2006 Dallinger was selected as bowman in the New Zealand coxed four, along with Steven Cottle, Paul Gerritsen, Dane Boswell and cox Daniel Quigley. They won gold at the FISA Under 23 World Champs in Hazelwinkel, Belgium [5][6] and Bronze at the World Championships in Eton, UK. [7]

In 2007 he made the NZ coxless four in the number two position with fellow crew members Hamish Bond, Eric Murray and Carl Meyer under coach Chris Nillsen. The team won Gold at the 2007 World Championships in Munich, Germany [8][9] thus qualifying them for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Olympic team revealed". Rowing NZ. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  2. ^ New Zealand Olympic Rowing Team to Beijing 2008 Announced. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  3. ^ "St. Paul's Collegiate School Gymnasium Project 2006/07". Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  4. ^ NZSSRA - Regata results. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  5. ^ FISA Results database. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  6. ^ Rowing: Youngsters surge to golden day at worlds. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  7. ^ FISA results Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  8. ^ FISA Results database. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  9. ^ Black Blades power to three gold medals. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.