Dominic Seiterle (born September 4, 1975) is a

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rower born in

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. He is a 2008 Summer Olympics and

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gold medallist as a member of the 8+. He also won three gold medals at the 2007

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regattas and gold at the 2007 Henley Royal Regatta. Previous to this, he was 2006 Canadian National Rowing Gold medallist in the single scull and came 13th at the

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in the double sculls. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with

Andrew Byrnes James Andrew Byrnes (born May 22, 1983) is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York. Byrnes is a 2005 graduate of Bates College in Maine, where he rowed for the Bates Rowing Team ...

, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard,

Adam Kreek Adam Kreek (born 2 December 1980) is an author, executive business coach and Canadian rower. He is a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. After his athletic career, Kreek's work has focused upon executive le ...

, Kevin Light,

Ben Rutledge Ben Rutledge (born November 9, 1980, in Cranbrook, British Columbia) was a Canadian Olympic rower and is currently a Mortgage Broker. In Seville, Spain 2002 he was a member of Canada's inaugural Men's 8+ crew to win a gold medal at a World Champ ...

Jake Wetzel Jacob Wetzel (born December 26, 1976) is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. College years As a te ...

and cox Brian Price. Dominic graduated from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

in 1998 with a BA in Psychology and Environmental Studies. In the summer of 1997, he was diagnosed with

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, but he recovered to return to school and captained the heavyweight crew in his senior year. Dominic learned to row at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. In 2005, Dominic completed his MBA in Competitive Business Strategy and Marketing at the

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration Simon Business School (formerly known as the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration) is the business school of the University of Rochester. It is located on the university's River Campus in Rochester, New York. It was rename ...

at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY). While in New York and after his first year of graduate school, Dominic rowed across

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to raise money for

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and children diagnosed with cancer. The trip was 130 kilometers from

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, to

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and raised money for the J.P. Wilmot Cancer Center (at the University of Rochester Medical Center) and Camp Trillium (Ontario).

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