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Davide Tizzano
Davide Tizzano, Italian rower (1968-2025), double Olympic champion in quadruple sculls Seoul 1988 and double sculls Atlanta 1996 with Agostino Abbagnale; later president of the Italian Rowing Federation and the Mediterranean Games committee.
Dean Crawford
Dean Crawford (1958-2023), Canadian rower from Victoria, BC, won gold in the men's coxed eight at Los Angeles 1984 by 0.42 seconds over the USA; later president of Swimming Canada.
Derek Porter
Derek Porter (Derek Porter-Nesbitt), born 1967 in Belfast, is a Canadian rower: 1992 Olympic gold in the men's eight, 1993 single sculls world champion, 1996 Olympic silver, later a Vancouver chiropractor.
Dick Joyce
Dick Joyce (Richard John Joyce), New Zealand rower born 1946 in Wellington, won Olympic gold in the coxed four at Mexico City 1968 and the men's eight at Munich 1972; distinct from the 1965 baseball pitcher Dick Joyce.
Dick Murphy
Dick Murphy (Richard Frederick Murphy, 1931-2023), American Naval Academy rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; distinct from baseball, basketball, and boxing namesakes.
Dick Southwood
Dick Southwood (Leslie Frank Southwood, 1906–1986) was a British rower, 1936 Olympic double sculls gold medalist with Jack Beresford, fourth in the 1932 single sculls, and 1933 Wingfield Sculls winner.
Dickie Burnell
Dickie Burnell was a British rower and journalist who won gold in the double sculls at the 1948 London Olympics with Bert Bushnell, then became rowing correspondent of The Times.
Dieter Arend
Dieter Arend (Dietrich Kurt Julius Arend, 1914-1987), German rowing coxswain of Ruderklub am Wannsee; won Olympic gold in the men's coxed pair at Berlin 1936 with Adamski and Gustmann, and German titles in 1936, 1943, and 1944.
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Grahn (born 1944, Sobótka/Zobten) is a German rower and coach; East German coxless four Olympic champion 1968 and 1972, world champion 1966 and 1970, later Bundestrainer of the German men's eight.
Dieter Wendisch
Dieter Wendisch (born 1953), East German rower, SC Einheit Dresden; two Olympic rowing golds, eights at Montreal 1976 and coxed fours at Moscow 1980, plus world titles 1975, 1977, 1978.
Dimitrie Popescu
Dimitrie Popescu (1961–2023) was a Romanian rower who competed at four Olympics, 1984–1996, winning gold in the 1992 coxed four plus two silvers and a bronze, and the same medal set at world championships, later coaching CSA Steaua and the national team.
Dirk Schreyer
Dirk Schreyer (1944–2025), West German rower of the Ratzeburger Ruderclub, won 1968 Olympic gold in the Deutschland-Achter under Karl Adam, plus 1965/1967 European and 1966 world titles, and carried the Olympic flag at Munich 1972.
Dirk Uittenbogaard
Dirk Uittenbogaard (Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard), Dutch rower born 1990 in Amsterdam, Nereus club; Olympic gold in quadruple sculls Tokyo 2020 and bronze in the eight Rio 2016; 2019 world champion.
Doina Ignat
Doina Ignat, born 1968 in Romania, is a rower who competed at five Olympic Games, winning four golds, one silver, and one bronze, mostly in the women's eight.
Doina Spircu
Doina Spircu (Doina Tudora Spircu-Craciun), Romanian rower born 1970 in Slobozia; Olympic gold in the women's eights at Atlanta 1996 and world champion in the eights in 1999.
Dominic Seiterle
Dominic Seiterle (born 1975, Montréal) is a Canadian rower, Dartmouth '98, and two-time Olympian: 13th in double sculls at Sydney 2000, then 2007 world champion and Beijing 2008 gold medalist in the men's eight (5:23.89).
Don Arnold
Don Arnold (Donald John Arnold, 1935–2021), Canadian rower from Kelowna, BC; won 1956 Olympic gold in coxless fours (Canada's first rowing gold) and 1960 silver in eights.
Don Beer
Don Beer (Donald Anton Eilers Beer, 1935–1997), American rower and Yale electrical engineering student who won gold in the men's eights at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, sitting fourth seat in the Yale eight that beat Canada by two seconds.
Don Blessing
Don Blessing (Donald Franklin Blessing, 1905-2000), American coxswain who steered the 1928 Cal Berkeley eight to Olympic gold at Amsterdam, later an investment banker and original Oakland Raiders AFL owner.
Don Hume
Don Hume (Donald Bruce Hume, 1915-2001), American rower, stroke oar of the University of Washington eight that won gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics despite racing ill; later Merchant Marine and oil industry executive.
Dudley Storey
Dudley Storey (1939–2017) was a New Zealand rower who won Olympic gold in the 1968 coxed four and silver in the 1972 coxless four, then managed national teams.
Duje Bonacic
Duje Bonačić (Дује Боначић), Croatian rower for Yugoslavia (1929–2020), won gold in the men's coxless fours at Helsinki 1952 with Valenta, Trojanović, and Šegvić, Yugoslavia's only rowing gold.
Dumitru Raducanu
Dumitru Răducanu, Romanian rowing coxswain born 1967 in Bucharest; Olympic gold (coxed fours 1992), silver (1984), bronze (1992), world champion 1996, later a coach at CS Farul Constanța.
Duncan Free
Duncan Free (Duncan Seth Free), Australian Olympic rower born 1973 in Hobart; gold in the coxless pair with Drew Ginn at Beijing 2008, bronze quad sculls Atlanta 1996, world champion 2006 and 2007.
Duncan Gregg
Duncan Gregg (Duncan Smith Gregg, 1910–1989) was an American rower who won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Duncan Mackinnon
Duncan Mackinnon (1887–1917), British rower, 1908 London Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless fours for Magdalen College Boat Club; killed in action at Ypres serving with the Scots Guards. Not the South African 1996 Olympic judoka of the same name.
Duvall Hecht
Duvall Hecht (1930-2022), American rower; 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist in coxless pairs with Jim Fifer; founder of Books on Tape audiobook company and UC Irvine rowing program.
Eckhardt Schultz
Eckhardt (Eckhard) Schultz, born 1964 in Wolfsburg, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight for West Germany at Seoul 1988 (5:46.05) and later became CFO of LEG Immobilien.
Ed Coode
Ed Coode (born 1975, Bodmin, England) is a British rower, Olympic gold medallist in the coxless fours at Athens 2004 and world champion in the same event in 1999 and 2001; fourth in the pairs at Sydney 2000, later a solicitor.
Ed Ferry
Ed Ferry (Edward Payson Ferry, 1941-2023) was an American rower who won gold in the men's coxed pair with Conn Findlay and cox Kent Mitchell at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a Stanford Hall of Famer later a Wharton MBA and home builder.