David C D Calder (born May 21, 1978) is a
Canadian
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rower
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. He was born in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
. He graduated from
Brentwood College School
Brentwood College School is a co-educational boarding school.Thomson, Ashley and Sylvie Lafortune.'' Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools''. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1999. Brentwood is located on Vancouver Island in Mill Bay, British Columbia, C ...
(
Mill Bay, British Columbia
Mill Bay is a commuter town of about 7,200 people located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada about north of Victoria, the capital. It is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District.
Mill Bay was founded in the 1860s with lumber an ...
) in 1996.
He has competed at four Olympics:
2000
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,
2004
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Events January
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,
2008
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, and
2012
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. Competing at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the
silver medal
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in the
rowing event Men's coxless pair along with
Scott Frandsen
Scott Frandsen (born July 21, 1980, in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower of Danish and Swedish descent.
Biography
Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, he began rowing at age 16 at Brentwood College (High School), in Britis ...
. They were the
first Canadians to win a
medal
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at the 2008 Olympics, when they won silver, for which
Terry Paul
Terrence Michael "Terry" Paul (born September 14, 1964, in Oakville, Ontario) is a retired rowing coxswain from Canada. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. At his second appearance he w ...
was their coach.
He holds the
British Columbia
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2000 metre ergometer record at the Junior A (Under-19) level with a time of 5:59.9, a time set in 1996 while a student at
Brentwood College
Brentwood College School is a co-educational boarding school.Thomson, Ashley and Sylvie Lafortune.'' Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools''. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1999. Brentwood is located on Vancouver Island in Mill Bay, British Columbia, C ...
.
Electoral record
References
External links
Official website of David Calder
David Calder on YouTube
Profileat Rowing Canada
Canadian male rowers
Olympic rowers of Canada
Rowers from Victoria, British Columbia
Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Living people
1978 births
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
British Columbia Liberal Party candidates in British Columbia provincial elections
Canadian sportsperson-politicians
World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
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