Hannah Davis (canoeist)

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Hannah Davis
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2008 Olympic Parade
Personal information
Nickname(s)Han, Shevs, Davo
NationalityAustralian
Born (1985-08-11) 11 August 1985 (age 38)
Height167 cm (66 in) (2012)
Weight70 kg (154 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCanoeing
EventK-4 500 m
ClubHoldfast Bay Canoe Club
Coached byPeter Petho, David Fourier
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m

Hannah Davis (born 11 August 1985) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the K-4 500 m event. She also represented Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event, but did not medal.

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Personal

Nicknamed Han, Shevs and Davo, [1] Davis was born 11 August 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] [2] [3] She attended Mercedes College in South Australia before going to University of Adelaide from 2004 to 2009, where she earned a Bachelor of International Studies. [3] [4] In December 2011, she earned at Masters of Arts in International Relations from the University of Adelaide. [1]

As a child, Davis was a competitive swimmer. This required her to wake up at 5 am every morning to train. [5] Other sports she participated in as a youngster included running and netball. [5] She is also surf lifesaver, [1] [6] competing in the sport when not involved with canoeing. [1] Davis weighs 70 kilograms (150 lb) and is 167 centimetres (66 in) tall. [2] [3]

Canoeing

Davis came into the sport through surf lifesaving. [6] She is a member of the Holdfast Bay Canoe Club. [1] [2] [3] She primarily trains in Adelaide, with a secondary training base in the Gold Coast, Queensland. [3] She has a canoe scholarship with the South Australian Sports Institute and the Australian Institute of Sport. [1] [3]

Davis represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 metres event. [1] [2] [5] Her parents watched her win the bronze medal in China. [5] In the Women's Kayak Doubles, 500 metres event, she finished fifth. [2]

Davis finished third in the K2 200m event and 5th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. [3] She finished 7th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 3 in Duisburg, Germany. [3] She finished 5th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 2 in Racice, Czech Republic. [3] She finished 1st in the K4 500m event at the 2012 National Championships in Penrith, Australia. [3] She finished 1st in the K4 500m event at the 2012 Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia. [3]

Davis was selected to represent Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event. [5] Before the start of the Games, she and her canoe teammates trained in Italy at the AIS European Training Centre located in Varese. [7] [8] Going into the London Games, she was coached by David Foureur who has coached her since 2003 and by Martin Marinov who has coached her since 2007. [3] The Australian K-4 did not qualify for the finals at London 2012.

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