Donald Cowie took part in three Olympic Games . In 1992 he started in Barcelona in the Starboot as a crew member of skipper Rod Davis and won the silver medal with him. With 58.4 points she finished the regatta behind the Americans Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel and in front of the Canadians Eric Jespersen and Ross MacDonald in second place. Four years later , Cowie and Davis sailed together again in Atlanta , but this time didn't get past fifth place, one point behind fourth. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , Cowie im Soling was another crew member of Rod Davis alongside Alan Smith . After the preliminary round in the Fleet Race , they qualified as the second best team directly for the quarter-finals, which, like the group phase in between , was held in the Match Race . Although they won two out of five races like the Dutch and the Norwegians, they had lost in a direct duel against the two boats, which is why they were classified in fifth place behind them and thus eliminated.