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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.

Hannah Davis

2008 Olympic Parade
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Han, Shevs, Davo
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1985-08-11) 11 August 1985 (age 36)
Height	167 cm (66 in) (2012)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Canoeing
Event(s)	K-4 500 m
Club	Holdfast Bay Canoe Club
Coached by	Peter Petho, David Fourier
Medal record Women's canoe sprint 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m World Championships 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m

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.

See also

•  Sports portal

References

На других языках

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- [en] Hannah Davis (kayaker)

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[it] Hannah Davis

Hannah Davis (Adelaide, 11 agosto 1985) è una canoista australiana, vincitrice della medaglia di bronzo ai Giochi olimpici di Pechino 2008 nel K4 500 m.

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[ru] Дейвис, Ханна

Ханна Дейвис (англ. Hannah Davis; 11 августа 1985, Аделаида) — австралийская гребчиха-байдарочница, выступала за сборную Австралии в конце 2000-х — начале 2010-х годов. Бронзовая призёрша летних Олимпийских игр в Пекине, участница Олимпиады в Лондоне, обладательница бронзовой медали чемпионата мира, победительница многих регат национального и международного значения.

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