Alison Davies
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| Born | 26 September 1974 Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Adelaide University Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alison Nicole Fallon (née Davies, born 26 September 1974) is an Australian rower. She was a junior world champion in 1992 and competed at two Olympic Games and at four senior World Rowing Championships.[1][2]
State rowing
[edit]Davies made State selection to represent South Australia in a youth coxless four competing for the Bicentennial Cup at the 1992 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[3] For six consecutive years 1993 to 1998 she represented South Australia racing for the Women's Interstate Four Championship.[4] Her crews won the championship in 1994 and 1996 when she stroked the boat.[5] Since 1999 the Women's Interstate Open event has been raced in eights. Davies rowed in the 1999 and 2000 South Australian eights.
International representative rowing
[edit]Davies was first selected to represent Australia at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Montreal in a coxless pair with her South Australian team mate Victoria Toogood. They won the world junior title.[6] She made the Australian senior team for the 1993 World Rowing Championships, raced a W2- with Victoria Toogood and won silver.[7] The following year at Indianapolis 1994 she was in the bow seat of the W4- and won the bronze medal with Toogood, Kate Slatter and Megan Still.[8]
For Tampere 1995 and St. Catharines 1999 Davies was selected in Australian women's eight.[9] She competed at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics in the women's eight which both placed fifth.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alison Davies". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Alison Fallon (nee Davies)". The Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame. 28 August 2017.
- ^ "1992 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "1993 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "1996 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "1992 Junior Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "1993 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "1994 World Championships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ a b Davies at World Rowing
External links
[edit]- Alison Davies at World Rowing
- Alison Davies at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Allison Fallon at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-09-15)
- Alison Davies at Olympics.com
- Alison Davies at Olympedia (archive)
