David Crawshay participant in rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's double sculls
David William Crawshay  (born 11 August 1979) is an Australian former rower, an eleven-time national champion, an Olympic champion and medalist at World Championships. He represented Australia in rowing at three consecutive Olympic games from Athens 2004 to London 2012.International representative rowing
World Championships
Crawshay made his Australian representative debut in 2000 at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in a quad scull. That same year he competed at the World Rowing U23 Championships in an Australian quad which won silver. He raced again in 2001 at the U2 World Championships in a quad scull and won bronze. That same year Crawshay also competed in Australia's senior quad scull at the 2001 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne for a tenth-place finish.In 2003 Crawshay was back in Australian representative crews rowing with Peter Hardcastle in the double scull at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne for a second placing and then at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan to a sixth-place finish in the final. Following the 2004 Olympics Crawshay was in 2005 selected as Australia's single sculls representative at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan where he placed ninth overall. He regained his seat in the Australian quad scull in 2006 racing at two World Rowing Cups in Europe that year before contesting the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton Dorney where the quad placed ninth.In 2007 Crawshay teamed with Tasmanian Scott Brennan in the Australian senior double scull and they commenced their 2008 Olympics campaign. They raced at two World Rowing Cups in Europe in 2007 and then the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich where they placed eight. They won bronze in 2008 at WRC I in Munich and WRC II in Lucerne before their successful run for gold at Beijing 2008.At the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznań rowing with Nick Hudson, Jared Bidwell and Daniel Noonan in the Australian quad scull he won a silver medal. He held his seat in the Australian quad for the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Karapiro and rowing with Noonan and Karsten Forsterling, James McRae, the crew finished third and took the bronze medal.In 2011 he again rowed with Scott Brennan in a double scull as they prepared for the Olympic year, they raced at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne to a seventh place and at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled to a fourth placing. After London London 2012 Crawshay switched to sweep oared boats at the domestic level and was regained international selection in 2014 when he secured a seat in the Australian senior eight. He raced in the eight and a coxless four at the WRC I in Sydney; in the eight at WRC III in Lucerne and then he was in the two seat of the eight for the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam where they missed a place in the A final and finished in overall seventh place.In 2015, his final year of international representation Crawshay switched back to sculls and gained the bow seat in the Australian quad scull. With Cameron Girdlestone, Karsten Forsterling and David Watts at the 2015 World Rowing Championships on  Lac d'Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette France they finished in second place winning a world championship silver medal. In March 2016, Crawshay announced his retirement from international rowing.
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