David Watts
- January 10, 2024
- Rower
Quick Facts
| Full Name | David Watts |
| Occupation | Rower |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 5, 1992(1992-02-05) |
| Age | 32 |
| Country | Australia |
| Birth City | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
David Watts Biography
| Name | David Watts |
| Birthday | Feb 5 |
| Birth Year | 1992 |
| Home Town | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
David Watts is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on February 5, 1992 in Stockton-on-Tees, Australia. David Watts (born 1992) is a Australian rower. He was an 2016 Olympian and has won gold medals in the 2018 and 2015 World Rowing Championships.
In 2014, 2015 and 2016, Watts was in the Western Australian men’s senior eights who competed in the King’s Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2018, he was selected by Western Australia for the single-sculls competition competing in the President’s Cup – at the Interstate Regatta. In the year 2017, Australian Championships he won the open men’s quad scull title rowing alongside Luke Letcher, Hamish Playfair and Caleb Antill.
In 2017 Watts rowed Australia’s double scull with Luke Letcher at two World Rowing Cups in Europe and then at the 2017 World Rowing Championships where they finished in overall seventeenth place. He had greater success in 2018 in the Australian quad scull in the World Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The crew placed third in their heat and then first in the repercharge, eliminating the Lithuanian world champions. In the final, Watts in stroke seat and the Australian quad of Caleb Antill, Nicholas Purnell and Campbell Watts rowed through most of the field from the 1000m mark and finished in second place just behind Italy for a silver world championship medal.
In 2018 he was Western Australia’s selected representative in the single sculls event – contesting the President’s Cup – at the Interstate Regatta, winning silver. In 2019 he was selected with Alex Purnell, Antill and Girdlestone to row Australia’s quad scull for the 2019 international season. They placed 2nd at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and 4th at WRC III in Rotterdam. With Girdlestone, Campbell Watts and Hamish Playfair, Watts was selected to race Australia’s quad scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria. The quad were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.. They won their heat and placed third in semi-final, thereby qualifying the boat for the A-final and the Tokyo 2020. They finished in overall world fourth place.
Watts was a regular participant in performances for the underage age group of Australia during the 2008 and the 2010 Junior World Rowing Championships; the 2010 Youth Olympics and the 2012 and the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships, winning three bronze medals.
David Watts Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
David Watts is one of the richest Rower from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Watts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He took home numerous awards at the state level. His first competed for Australia at the Junior Men’s Four at aged 16, and placed 4th at the end of the competition at Linz, Austria. At the age of 17, he took home Australia’s National Schoolboy’s Single Scull (representing Trinity College, Perth) and the single scull under 19 and two silver and two gold medals in different crew boats. At the age of 16 years old, he was also able to claim an WA PSA indoor ergometer record.
Watts was born in England prior to making the move into Perth, Australia for the final part of his education. He was a very successful swimmer before switching to rowing at the age of 13 after being selected as a gifted athletics by the West Australia Institute of Sport’s ( WAIS) Talent Identification Program . He was a rower for a time at Trinity College, Perth and was a part of their 1st VIII champion team of 2009.
At the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d’Aiguebelette in Aiguebelette, France, he won a silver medal in the men’s quadruple scull (M4x) event, rowing with David Crawshay, Karsten Forsterling and Cameron Girdlestone. Watts was next selected to row Australia’s double scull at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Chris Morgan, winning the B final in a very, competitive boat class.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 3 in |
| Weight | 95 kg |
David Watts height 6 ft 3 in David weight 95 kg & body measurements will update soon.
Who is David Watts Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
David Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. David Watts celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.
Who is the song David Watts about?
From The Jam
What Kinks song did the jam cover?
Back Track looks back at an old cover that deserves a new spotlight. David Watts is a real person according to Ray Davies, which makes the song unique in its character study.
What is Professor Watts area of research?
Professor Watts’ research specialty is the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates. He has done fieldwork in Panama (behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys), Rwanda (behavioral ecology of mountain gorillas), and Uganda (behavioral ecology of chimpanzees).
What album was David Watts on?
Something Else by the Kinks
Was David Watts a real person?
As Ray Davies confirmed in The Kinks: The Official Biography by Savage, “ David Watts is a real person. He was a concert promoter in Rutland.” He goes on to relate how the real Watts was gay and demonstrated an obvious romantic interest in his brother Dave Davies.