David Weightman (rower)
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Australia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1996 Atlanta | Coxless pair |
| Commonwealth Rowing Championships | ||
 | 1994 Ontario | Coxed four |
David J. Weightman (born 28 September 1971, in Brisbane) is an Australian former rower. He was a national champion and representative at World Rowing Championships, an Olympian and an Olympic silver medallist.
Weightman grew up in Brisbane and attended Brisbane Grammar School where he learnt to row in 1984. His senior rowing was with the University of Queensland Boat Club in Brisbane and the Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney. Weightman was a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1993 to 1996 and was based in Canberra.
Weightman first made state selection for Queensland in the 1990 youth eight contesting the Noel Wilkinson Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] In 1991 he was selected to the Queensland senior men's eight to compete for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[2] He made further King's Cup crews for Queensland in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.[3]
Weightman contested national championship titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on a number of occasions. In UQBC colours in 1996 he won the national coxless pair title (the Ted Bromley Memorial Trophy) with Rob Scott.[4] In 2000 wearing Mosman Rowing Club colours he again won that Australian championship title.[4]