Alison Nicole Fallon ( Davies, born 26 September 1974) is an Australian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She was a junior world champion in 1992 and competed at two

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and at four senior

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the ...

State rowing

Davies made State selection to represent South Australia in a youth coxless four competing for the Bicentennial Cup at the 1992 Interstate Regatta within the

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. For six consecutive years 1993 to 1998 she represented South Australia racing for the Women's Interstate Four Championship. Her crews won the championship in 1994 and 1996 when she stroked the boat.Since 1999 the Women's Interstate Open event has been raced in eights. Davies rowed in the 1999 and 2000 South Australian eights.

International representative rowing

Davies was first selected to represent Australia at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Montreal in a

coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right h ...

with her South Australian team mate

Victoria Toogood Victoria Toogood is an Australian former rower. She was a national champion, a junior world champion and a medalist at World Championships. Club and state rowing Toogood's senior club rowing was in Adelaide from the Torrens Rowing Club and Rive ...

. They won the world junior title. She made the Australian senior team for the

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, raced a W2- with

and won silver. The following year at Indianapolis 1994 she was in the bow seat of the W4- and won the bronze medal with Toogood,

Kate Slatter Kate Elizabeth Slatter OAM (born 10 November 1971; married name Kate Allen) is an Australian former rower, a sixteen time national champion, world champion and Olympic champion from Adelaide, South Australia. She is a three-time Olympian who i ...

and

Megan Still Megan Leanne Marcks (née Still), OAM (born 19 October 1972) is an Australian former national, Olympic and world champion rower. She is an Olympic and World Champion in the coxless pair who represented Australia at the Olympics in 1992 and 1996 ...

. For Tampere 1995 and St. Catharines 1999 Davies was selected in Australian

women's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit in ...

. She competed at the 1996 Atlanta and

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in the

which both placed fifth.Davies at World Rowing
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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Alison 1974 births Living people Australian female rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from South Australia World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia 20th-century Australian women Rowers from Adelaide