Hannah Davis ( born Hannah Davis ; August 11, 1985 , Adelaide ) is an Australian kayaker who played for Australia in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Bronze medalist at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, participant in the London Olympics, winner of the bronze medal of the World Cup, winner of many regattas of national and international importance.
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| A country |  Australia |
| Specialization | kayak sprint |
| Club | Holdfast Bay Canoe Club |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1985 ( 34) |
| Place of Birth | Adelaide , Australia |
| Growth | 167 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg |
Biography
Hannah Davis was born on August 11, 1985 in Adelaide , South Australia . She began to actively engage in kayaking from early childhood, she was trained at the Holdfast Bay Canoe Club.
She achieved her first serious success at the adult international level in 2008, when she became a member of the Australian national team and thanks to a series of successful performances she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Beijing Summer Olympics . As part of the four-seater crew, which also included rowers Lisa Aldenhof , Chantal Mick and Lindsay Fogarty , took third place in the half-kilometer race and thereby won the bronze Olympic medal (only teams from Germany and Hungary were ahead of her at the finish). In addition, paired with Fogarty, she started here in the doubles program at five hundred meters, also reached the final stage of the tournament, but in the decisive race she finished only sixth, not reaching the prize positions.
After the Beijing Olympics, Davis remained in the main composition of Australia's rowing team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 2011, she visited the World Cup in Szeged, Hungary, from where she brought the bronze dignity award, won in the classification of double kayaks at a distance of 200 meters. Being among the leaders of the Australian national team, she successfully qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London - this time in fours at five hundred meters, together with Reich Lovell , Joe Brigden-Jones and Lindsay Fogarty was in the final protocol in ninth position. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end the career of a professional athlete, losing her place in the national team to young Australian rowers.
Links
- Hannah Davis - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com
- Hannah Davis - medals at major international competitions
- Lists of kayaking and canoeing champions and prize winners (1936-2007 )