David Gillard

David Gillard
Personal information
Born (1971-06-23) 23 June 1971 (age 53)
EducationBedford Modern School
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Sport
SportRowing

David Gillard (born 23 June 1971), rowed for Great Britain and represented Cambridge at the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races.[1][2][3]

Life

Gillard was born 23 June 1971 and educated at Bedford Modern School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1][4] At Bedford Modern, Gillard was in the last crew to win the Special Race for Schools at Henley Royal Regatta in 1989 before the event was discontinued.[5][6]

Gillard rowed for the Great Britain Junior team in the Eight at the Szeged Reservoir, Hungary in 1989 winning a bronze medal.[7] Gillard then rowed for Great Britain in the Nations Cup (precursor to the U23 World Rowing Championships) in Linz Ottensheim, Austria (1990, Eight, bronze); Naro Lago, San Giovanni, Italy (1991, coxless four, silver); and Glasgow (1992, coxless four, gold).[8] Representing Goldie Boat Club, Gillard was a member of the winning crews of the Britania Challenge Cup (setting a new course record) and Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1992.[3][9] Rowing for Imperial College Boat Club, Gillard won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1996,[10] and the Visitors' Challenge Cup in 2002 at the Henley Royal Regatta.[11][12]

Gillard chaired the Cambridge selection process for the 2005 Boat Race.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) ISBN 9780950760803; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010, p. 247
  2. ^ Cambridge Evening News, Monday, February 22, 1993, p. 28
  3. ^ a b The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, February 23, 1993, p. 30
  4. ^ Cambridge Evening News, Friday, March 29, 1991, p. 37
  5. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 3, 1989, p. 27
  6. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, December 20, 1989, p. 30
  7. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, March 30, 1991, p. 32
  8. ^ "World Rowing - David GILLARD". World Rowing.
  9. ^ The Sunday Telegraph, March 14, 1993, p. 19
  10. ^ The Sunday Telegraph, July 7, 1996, S7, p. 101
  11. ^ "All-time Crew History". 29 March 2017.
  12. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 8, 2002, S10, p. 42
  13. ^ Rachel Quarrell (8 March 2005). "Holland 'good fit' for Cambridge". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.