Rod Davis (sailor)
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 Dennis Conner, 1992 |
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| Men's sailing | ||
Competitor for the  United States |
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| Summer Olympics | ||
| Gold | Los Angeles 1984 | Soling class |
| Men's sailing | ||
Competitor for  New Zealand |
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| Silver | Barcelona 1992 | Star class |
Rod Davis, born 27 August 1955 in the United States[1] is a former competitive sailor who won Olympic medals for two different countries. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States, he won the Gold medal in the Soling class along with Robert Haines and Edward Trevelyan. After moving to New Zealand he was chosen to represent that country at the next 3 Olympic Games. Along with Don Cowie he won a Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain in the Star class.
Davis and Cowie finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and were also fifth in the Soling class at Sydney along with 3rd crewman Alan Smith.
In ocean racing, Davis began his involvement with the America's Cup in 1988 when he was appointed coach of the New Zealand team. It was at this time that he moved to New Zealand. He has subsequently been involved in several America's Cup campaigns for various syndicates. In 2005 he was appointed Yachting New Zealand's Olympic Director.
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- ^ In his biography at the NZOC website his place of birth is listed as Key West, Florida in the infobox but San Diego, California in the text.
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