Caryn davies biography
- Davies was on the Radcliffe College (Harvard) Crew Team and was a member on Radcliffe's 2003 NCAA champion Varsity 8, and overall team champion.
- Caryn Davies is an American rower.
- Learn about Caryn Davies, an Olympic gold medalist in Athlete.
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Caryn Davies
Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 1 silver)
- Olympic Games London 2012, gold (Eight - Women)
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (Eight - Women)
- Olympic Games Athens 2004, silver (Eight - Women)
Career Highlights
- 2012 Samsung World Cup II, 1st (eight, world record)
- 2011 World Rowing Championships, eight (pair)
- 2011 Senior World Championship Trials, 1st (pair)
- 2011 Lucerne World Cup, 1st (eight)
- 2011 Henley Royal Regatta, won Princess Grace Cup
- 2008 Lucerne World Cup, 1st (eight)
- 2006 World Rowing Championships, 2nd (four)
- 2006 Australian National Championships, 2nd (four)
- 2006 Australian National Championships, 3rd (quadruple sculls)
- 2005 World Rowing Championship, 5th (quadruple sculls)
- 2002 World Rowing Championships, gold (eight)
Fun Facts: Caryn enjoys sailing, horseback riding, ballroom dancing, downhill skiing, and grocery shopping.
Learn more:
US Rowing
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 6th (Four - Women)
- Years of participation: Four - Women 2003, 2019; Pair -
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Caryn Davies
- 1974: (Dobler, Lehmann, Richter, Schwede, Ahrenholz, Müller, Blanke, Mosig, cox Brincker)
- 1975: (Goretzki, Knetsch, Richter, Schwede, Kallies, Neu, Nitsche, Mosig, cox Wilke)
- 1977: (Bügel, Steindorf, Lohs, Neisser, Sandig, Kurth, Schwede, Metze, cox Heß)
- 1978: (Yermakova, Paziun, Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Umanets, Tereshina, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
- 1979: (Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Yermakova, Paziun, Tereshina, Umanets, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
- 1981: (Baltutite, Teterina, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, Shvetsova, Umanets, Paziun, cox Frolova)
- 1982: (Makushkina, Konopleva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Studneva, Doligaida, Stone, cox Frolova)
- 1983: (Stone, Averyanova, Konopleva, Studneva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, cox Khokhlova)
- 1985: (Pukhayeva, Zakyrova, Tereshina, Suprun, Znak, Teterina, Yatsenko, Averyanova, cox Khokhlova)
- 1986: (Tereshina, Suprun, Sakirova, Pukhayeva, Znak, Teterina, Averyanova, Tsessiunaite, cox Khokhlova)
- 1987: (Vîrlan, Trașcă, Țicanu, Arba, Chelariu, Necula, Homeghi, Toader, cox Oancia)
- 1989: (Băla
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Davies, number 10 in the rowing ranks
Davies, already an Olympic medallist
She may be 6 foot 4 but United States women’s national team coach Tom Terhaar says her greatest strength in rowing isn’t her height – it’s her technical ability. Caryn Davies comes in at number 10 on the list of top 10 female rowers for 2005 and at 23 years old she still has a lot of rowing in front of her.
?I think her ‘head’ makes her a top rower: a great competitor when it counts,? says Terhaar. ?She always wants to win.?
Caryn began rowing when she lived for a short time in Tasmania. She continued the sport after moving back to the United States. Still in high school Caryn made the United States team as a junior two years running. In her second year she competed in two events winning gold in the women’s four.
She then moved to the senior ranks and won World Championship gold as a 20 year old in the women’s eight. Attending Harvard University as a psychology student, Caryn also helped her college crew to the top of the collegiate rowing tabl
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