David Calder
Personal information
Born (1978-05-21) May 21, 1978 (age 45)
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Coxless pair
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Milan Eight
Rowing the final (in red/white) of the men's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

David C D Calder OLY[1] (born May 21, 1978) is a Canadian rower. A four-time Olympian, he is a 2008 Olympics silver medallist in the men's coxless pair rowing event along with Scott Frandsen.

Biography

Born in Brandon, Manitoba,[2] he attended Brentwood College School in Mill Bay, British Columbia. He participated in three consecutive World Rowing Junior Championships,[3] winning bronze at the 1994 men's four event,[4] and winning gold at the 1996 men's pair event.[5] He set the British Columbia 2000 metre ergometer record at the Junior A (Under-19) level with a time of 5:59.9 in 1996,[6] and graduated from Brentwood the same year.[7]

He made his Olympics debut at the 2000 Sydney games, finishing seventh in the men's eight finals.[2] He was part of the crew that won gold in the men’s 8+ event at the 2003 World Rowing Championships.[8] He then rowed with Chris Jarvis in the men's coxless pair event at the 2004 Athens games, but they were disqualified in the semi-final for departing from their lane in the final metres of the race. The pair appealed the decision to no avail, and did not race in the finals.[9]

Coached by Terry Paul,[10] he won the silver medal in the men's coxless pair event at the 2008 Beijing games along with Scott Frandsen. They were the first Canadians to win a medal at those games.[11] He made his final Olympic appearance at the 2012 London games, finishing sixth in the men's coxless pair event alongside Frandsen.[2]

In between Olympics, Calder worked as a community relations adviser for the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas.[11][12] He then went on to manage the St. Michaels University School Community Rowing Centre, as well as the Gorge Narrows Rowing Club.[3][13] He joined the board of directors of Rowing British Columbia in 2016, before becoming the organization's executive director in November 2017.[13] He was inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[3][14]

During the 2013 provincial election, Calder campaigned for British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate Lana Popham, the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Saanich South. He then briefly served on her constituency association's executive before joining the British Columbia Liberal Party in November 2016.[15][16] He contested the Saanich South seat in the 2017 provincial election as a Liberal candidate, finishing second to Popham.[17]

Electoral record

2017 British Columbia general election: Saanich South
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lana Popham 11,921 42.47 −3.08 $59,661
Liberal David Calder 8,716 31.05 −4.24 $66,005
Green Mark Neufeld 7,129 25.39 +10.10 $15,073
Libertarian Andrew Paul McLean 177 0.63 – $0
Vancouver Island Party Richard Percival Pattee 130 0.46 – $1,570
Total valid votes 28,073 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 126 0.45 +0.12
Turnout 28,199 70.63 +3.52
Registered voters 30,926
Source: Elections BC[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "OLY Canada Commission created to empower Team Canada Olympians". Canadian Olympic Committee. April 29, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "David Calder". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Dave Calder (2018)". Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "1994 World Rowing Junior Championships - Oberschleissheim/Munich, Germany". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "1996 World Rowing Junior Championships - Strathclyde/Glasgow, Great Britain". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Reburn, Karen (July 30, 2012). "Brentonian Olympians Head for Gold". Brentwood College School. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "2003 World Rowing Championships - Idroscalo/Milan, Italy". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "Rowers appeal denied, disqualification stands". Canadian Press, via CTV News. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Smith, Beverley (July 28, 2012). "Canadian rowing team of Calder, Frandsen want gold". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Frandsen and Calder win silver in rowing". Canadian Press, via TSN. August 16, 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
  12. ^ Depner, Wolf (January 26, 2017). "Former Olympic rower looks to make political splash". Saanich News. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Rowing BC announces David Calder as Executive Director". Rowing British Columbia. November 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  14. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (May 9, 2018). "Rich Harden, Dave Calder lead Class of 2018 into Victoria Sports Hall of Fame". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  15. ^ Depner, Wolf (April 26, 2017). "Former political allies Lana Popham and David Calder clash during Saanich South debate". Saanich News. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  16. ^ Kines, Lindsay (January 18, 2017). "Former supporter of NDP's Popham now a Liberal in Saanich South". Times-Colonist. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  17. ^ "Popham holds off challengers to hold Saanich South for NDP". Saanich News. May 9, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  18. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  19. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

External links

World champions – Men's eight
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