Dominic Seiterle

Dominic Seiterle

Personal information
Full name	Dominic A. Seiterle
Born	(1975-09-04) September 4, 1975 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Rowing
Club	Delta Deas Rowing Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing Canada Olympic Games File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Men's eight World Rowing Championships File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Munich Men's eight World Rowing Cup File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Linz Men's eight File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Lucerne Men's eight File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Lucerne Men's eight Henley Royal Regatta Grand Challenge Cup File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Men's eight

Dominic A. Seiterle (born September 4, 1975) is a Canadian rower born in Montreal, Quebec. He is a gold medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and World Rowing Championships as a member of the 8+. He also won three gold medals at the 2007 World Rowing Cup regattas and gold at the 2007 Henley Royal Regatta. Prior to this, he was the 2006 Canadian National Rowing Gold medallist in the single scull and finished 13th at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the double sculls. 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. Dominic graduated from Dartmouth College in 1998 with a BA in Psychology and Environmental Studies. 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. In 2005, Dominic completed his MBA in Competitive Business Strategy and Marketing at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration 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 (at the University of Rochester Medical Center) and Camp Trillium (Ontario).

External links

• Dominic Seiterle at Team Canada
• Canadian Olympic Committee profile
• Profile at Rowing Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived August 17, 2008)
• Slam! Sports profile at archive.today (archived January 15, 2013)