David Doyle (born 10 July 1961) is an Australian former

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. He was an Australian national champion and U23 world champion, an Olympian and won a bronze medal at the

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Club and state rowing

Doyle was born in

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and commenced his rowing career at

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. His senior rowing was with

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where his father Brian Doyle was a club stalwart and coach. Doyle represented Victoria at the

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in the men's Interstate Eight-Oared Championship – the King's Cup on six occasions from 1981 to 1987. He was in three consecutive King's Cup winning Victorian crews from 1985 to 1987. In Mercantile colours he contested national championship titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on various occasions. He raced for the coxed four title in 1981 and 1983, and both the men's pair and coxed four in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. He won the 1986 Australian coxed four championship in 1986 in a Mercantile crew with his younger brother

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International representative rowing

Doyle's first national representative selection was to the 1982 Match des Seniors in Vienna, Austria - the then equivalent of today's

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.Doyle at World Rowing
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coxless pair A coxless pair, abbreviated as a 2- and also known as a straight pair, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each ...

with his brother Mark to a gold medal victory. In 1983 Doyle secured a seat in the Australian eight selected within a limited squad sent to the

in Duisburg Germany. The eight performed well in lead up regattas at Vichy, Ratzeburg and Nottingham. In the final at the World Championships the Australian crew drew a bad lane and lost the benefit of the tail breeze however they raced a strong second 1000m and finished in third place for a bronze medal. For the

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Doyle was selected in Australia's coxless four. They showed good form in the lead up competitions but finished in overall eight place in Los Angeles.

Post rowing

Doyle works as an architect in Melbourne.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, David 1961 births Living people Australian male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state) People educated at Xavier College 20th-century Australian sportsmen