David England

David England (born 25 June 1956) is an Australian coxswain, coach and rowing administrator. He was an Australian national champion, an Olympian and won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships.

Club and state rowing England senior club rowing was from the Melbourne University Boat Club. In Melbourne Uni colours he contested and won the national lightweight eight title twice at the Australian Rowing Championships in 1972 and 1979. He raced in further victorious Penrith Cup fours for Victoria in 1978 and 1979.

England was in the stern of the Australian heavyweight eight selected to compete at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That crew finished in overall fifth place.

Coaching and rowing administration England was coaching before his competitive coxing career had ended. He coached a Victorian state representative women's four to victory in the Interstate Regatta in 1978. He coached Victorian lightweight men's fours to victory in 1979 and 1984. In 1978, he co-coached a Victorian composite women's eight to a national championship victory and he repeated that feat in 2011 with a MUBC women's eight.

He was the Finance Director of Rowing Australia from 2007 to 2009 and then was a board member of Rowing Australian for a period from 2010.