David Weightman (rower)

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David Weightman
Medal record

Competitor for Australia
Men's Rowing
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Coxless pairs

David Weightman (born 28 September 1971 in Brisbane) is an Australian rower.

Weightman's senior rowing was done from the Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney.

He won the silver medal with Robert Scott as the Australian men's coxless pair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The pair believed they had a real chance of gold and threw everything at their opponents in the final 500 metres of a thrilling race but had to be content with second place behind legendary British rower Steven Redgrave and his team-mate Matthew Pinsent.

Weightman made his international debut in 1989 at the Junior World Championships in Hungary where he took fourth place with the Australian men's junior coxed four. As a member of the Australian nen's eight he competed at World Championships in Austria (1993) and Finland (1995). He took 5th place with the Australian men's coxed four at the World Championships in the Czech Republic (1993) and USA (1994).

References

David Weightman at RowingOne.com
Profile at sports-reference.com

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Name	Weightman, David
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Short description	Rower
Date of birth	28 September 1971
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