- Dominic Seiterle
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Dominic Seiterle Personal information Full name Dominic Sieterle Nationality 
CanadaBorn 1975
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaHeight 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 210 lb. Sport Sport Swimming Club Delta Deas Rowing Club Medal recordMen's rowing Competitor for CanadaSummer Olympics Gold 2008 Beijing Men's eights World Rowing Championships Gold 2007 Munich,GER[1] Men's eight World Cup Gold 2007 Linz Men's eight Gold 2007 Lucerne Men's eight Gold 2008 Lucerne Men's eight Royal Henley Regatta Gold 2007 Grand Challenge Cup Men's eight Dominic Seiterle (born 1975) is a Canadian rower. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is world champion 2007 as a member of the 8+. He also won the Rowing World Cup 2007.
Dominic graduated from Dartmouth College in 1998. In the summer of 1997, he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but he recovered to return to school and captained the heavyweight crew in his senior year. Dominic learned to row at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware.[2]
In 2005, Dominic completed his MBA in Competitive Strategy and Marketing at the William E. Simon School at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY). While in New York and after his first year of graduate school, Dominic rowed across Lake Ontario to raise money for cancer research and children diagnosed with cancer. The trip was 130 kilometers from Rochester, New York, to Kingston, Ontario and raised money for the J.P. Wilmot Cancer Center (Rochester, NY) and Camp Trillium (Ontario).
He has won one World Rowing Championships medals, a gold in 2007 in the men's eights.
He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's eights with Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Jake Wetzel and cox Brian Price.[3]
References
- ^ "2007 Worlds Results,Men's 8". http://80.83.47.230/n_results_details.fwx?mracenr=289&mrace=FA&mclass=M8+&mdate=02/09/2007&mid_compet=355&cname=2007%20World%20Championships%20-%20Munich%20Oberschleissheim,%20Germany&mview=1. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ http://alumni.standrews-de.org/news/17465/
- ^ The Canadian Press (2008-08-18). "Gold in Men's Eight, Bronze in Women's Double, Men's Four". TSN.ca. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=246638&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_olympics. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
External links
- Slam! Sports profile
- Canadian Olympic Committee profile
- Profile at Rowing Canada
Categories:- 1975 births
- Canadian rowers
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Sportspeople from Quebec
- People from Montreal
- Olympic rowers of Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Canadian people of German descent
- University of Rochester alumni
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Canadian rowing biography stubs
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