Gavin Hassett

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Gavin Hassett (* 13. July 1973 in Saint John , New Brunswick ) is a former Canadian lightweight - rowers . He won an Olympic silver medal and a world title.

Career

The 1.80 m tall Hassett began rowing in 1989. At the 1993 World Championships in Račice u Štětí , he won the title with the Canadian lightweight eighth . Then he switched to the lightweight four without a helmsman . At the 1994 World Championships he finished fourth with Robert Fontaine , Jeffrey Lay and Bryan Thompson from last year's eighth place. 1995 reached the boat in the cast Brian Peaker , Jeffrey Lay, Dave Boyes and Gavin Hassett also the fourth place at the World Championships in Tampere . At the Olympic premiere of lightweight rowing in Atlanta in 1996, the Danes won with half a second ahead of the Canadians.

In 1999, the Canadian lightweight four without a helmsman at the World Championships in St. Catharines took sixth place in the line-up of Iain Brambell , Chris Davidson , Gavin Hassett and Jon Beare . In the same line-up, the crew missed the A final at the 2000 Olympic Games and finished in seventh place. With Jonathan Mandick for Beare, the Canadians finished fifth at the 2001 World Championships . In Seville in 2002 , Douglas Vandor , Iain Brambell, Jonathan Mandick and Gavin Hassett won the bronze medal behind the boats from Denmark and Italy. With the same cast, the Canadians reached fifth place in Milan in 2003 . At the end of his career, Hassett finished fifth at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens together with Brambell, Mandick and Beare .

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personal data
SURNAME Hassett, Gavin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian rower
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint John , New Brunswick