Rod Davis (sailor)

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Rod Davis
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Davis in San Diego, 2011
Personal information
Full nameRoderick Hopkins Davis
BornAugust 27, 1955 (1955-08-27) (age 68)
United States
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sailing career
Class Soling
ClubBurgee of San Diego Yacht Club.svg  San Diego Yacht Club
Medal record
Men's sailing
Olympic Games
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Soling class
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Star class

Roderick Hopkins Davis (born August 27, 1955, in the United States) [1] [2] is a former competitive sailor who won Olympic medals for two 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 three 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.

Davis began his involvement with the America's Cup in 1977, sailing with Lowell North on Enterprise during the 1977 America's Cup defense trials. [3]

For the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup, assisted the Consorzio Italia syndicate until he was appointed skipper of the American Eagle Foundation challenge, representing the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. [4]

He joined New Zealand Challenge for the 1988 America's Cup and was their helmsman at the 1992 America's Cup. [5] He was the backup helmsman for oneAustralia at the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup and acted as the sailing coach of Prada Challenge at the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup. [6] He remained with Prada Challenge for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, and sailed in the afterguard. He joined Team New Zealand as a coach for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, [7] and remained in this position for the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. In 2014 he joined Artemis Racing. [8] [9] He re-joined Team New Zealand in 2016 and was part of their successful 2017 America's Cup campaign. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rod Davis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "America's Cup - Rod Davis returns to sharpen Kiwi Match-racing skills". Sail-World.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yachting". February 1, 1987. Retrieved July 12, 2017– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ ROBERTS, RICH (December 6, 1991). "Kiwis Pick American as Skipper" . Retrieved July 27, 2017– via LA Times.
  6. ↑ "Yacht Splinters and Sinks in America's Cup Race". The New York Times. March 6, 1995. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ "America's Cup- Team NZ wish Davis well with new team". Sail-World.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Artemis Racing snare Team NZ coach Rod Davis". Tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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