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American and New Zealand sailor
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]
References
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^ 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.
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^ 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.
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a
b
"America's Cup - Rod Davis returns to sharpen Kiwi Match-racing skills". Sail-World.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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^
"Yachting". February 1, 1987. Retrieved July 12, 2017 – via Google Books.
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^ ROBERTS, RICH (December 6, 1991).
"Kiwis Pick American as Skipper". Retrieved July 27, 2017 – via LA Times.
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^
"Yacht Splinters and Sinks in America's Cup Race". The New York Times. March 6, 1995. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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^
"Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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"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.
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^
"Artemis Racing snare Team NZ coach Rod Davis". Tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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Fleet racing |
- 1969:
Elvstrøm,
Jensen &
Mik-Meyer
- 1970:
Wennerström,
Krook &
Lybeck
- 1971:
Mosbacher,
Hutcheson &
Dickey
- 1973:
Ussing Andersen,
Lindhasten &
Winther
- 1974:
Elvstrøm,
Fogh &
McCurrach
- 1975:
Buchan,
Thomas &
Golberg
- 1977:
Dexter,
Josenhans &
MacMillan
- 1978:
G. Brun,
V. Brun &
Martins
- 1979:
Haines,
R. Davis &
Trevelyan
- 1980:
Dexter,
Josenhans &
MacMillan
- 1981:
V. Brun,
G. Brun &
Bakker
- 1982:
Bethwaite,
McDiarmid &
Read
- 1983:
Haines,
V. Brun &
Kinney
- 1984:
Bandolowski,
Calder &
Palm
- 1985:
Curtis,
Engel &
Corwin
- 1986:
Kostecki,
Baylis &
Billingham
- 1987:
Nauck,
Hellriegel &
Diedering
- 1988:
Kostecki,
Baylis &
Billingham
- 1989: no champion decided
- 1990:
Bouet,
Levet &
Pointet
- 1991:
Klein,
Redman &
Rosenberg
- 1992:
Schümann,
Flach &
Jäkel
- 1993:
Bountouris,
Deligiannis &
Pelekanakis
- 1994:
M. Doreste,
Valades &
Galmes
- 1995:
L. Doreste,
Manrique &
Vera
- 1996:
Shayduko,
Skalin &
Shabanov
- 1997: no champion decided
- 1998:
Shayduko,
Volchkov &
Komarov
- 1999:
S. Westergaard,
Bojsen-Møller &
B. Westergaard
- 2000:
Madrigali,
Hartwell &
Healy
- 2001:
Warburg,
Celedoni &
Smith
- 2002:
B. Abbott Jr.,
P. Davis &
B. Abbott III
- 2003:
Pichuhin,
Timokhov &
Yarovoy
- 2004:
Warburg,
Celedoni &
Smith
- 2005:
R. Koch,
M. Koch &
Bornemann
- 2006:
Fogh,
Cheer &
Devries
- 2007:
Nehm,
M. Pinto Ribeiro &
L. Pinto Ribeiro
- 2008:
Antončič,
Strakh &
Hmeljak
- 2009:
B. Abbott Jr.,
P. Davis &
J. Abbott
- 2010:
R. Koch,
M. Koch &
Bornemann
- 2011:
P. Hall,
P. Davis &
Kerrigan
- 2012:
P. Hall,
P. Davis &
W. Hall
- 2013:
Litkey,
Vezér &
Weinhardt
- 2014:
P. Hall,
Offermans &
W. Hall
- 2015:
Litkey,
Vezér &
Weinhardt
- 2016:
B. Abbott Jr.,
J. Abbott,
McNeill
- 2017:
Litkey,
Vezér,
Oroszlán
- 2018:
Warburg,
Celedoni,
Roldan
- 2019:
Litkey,
Joo,
Nemeth
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