David Gillard
{{Short description|British rower}}
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David Gillard (born 23 June 1971), rowed for Great Britain and represented Cambridge at the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races.School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) {{isbn|9780950760803}}; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010, p. 247Cambridge Evening News, Monday, February 22, 1993, p. 28The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, February 23, 1993, p. 30
Life
Gillard was born 23 June 1971 and educated at Bedford Modern School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.Cambridge Evening News, Friday, March 29, 1991, p. 37 At Bedford Modern, Gillard was in the last crew to win the Special Race for Schools at Henley Royal Regatta in 1989 before the event was discontinued.The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 3, 1989, p. 27The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, December 20, 1989, p. 30
Gillard rowed for the Great Britain Junior team in the Eight at the Szeged Reservoir, Hungary in 1989 winning a bronze medal.The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, March 30, 1991, p. 32 Gillard then rowed for Great Britain in the Nations Cup (precursor to the U23 World Rowing Championships) in Linz Ottensheim, Austria (1990, Eight, bronze); Naro Lago, San Giovanni, Italy (1991, coxless four, silver); and Glasgow (1992, coxless four, gold).{{Cite web|url=https://worldrowing.com//athlete/david-gillard|title=World Rowing - David GILLARD|website=World Rowing}} Representing Goldie Boat Club, Gillard was a member of the winning crews of the Britania Challenge Cup (setting a new course record) and Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1992.The Sunday Telegraph, March 14, 1993, p. 19 Rowing for Imperial College Boat Club, Gillard won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1996,The Sunday Telegraph, July 7, 1996, S7, p. 101 and the Visitors' Challenge Cup in 2002 at the Henley Royal Regatta.{{Cite web|url=https://brookesrowing.org.uk/forever-brookes/|title=All-time Crew History|date=March 29, 2017}}The Daily Telegraph, Monday, July 8, 2002, S10, p. 42
Gillard chaired the Cambridge selection process for the 2005 Boat Race.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/2356381/Holland-good-fit-for-Cambridge.html|title=Holland 'good fit' for Cambridge|author=Rachel Quarrell|date=8 March 2005|work=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=8 July 2015}}