David Gillard (born 23 June 1971), rowed for Great Britain and represented Cambridge at the 1991, 1992 and 1993 Boat Races.School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) ; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010, p. 247Cambridge Evening News, Monday, 22 February 1993, p. 28The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, 23 February 1993, p. 30
Life Gillard was born 23 June 1971 and educated at Bedford Modern School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.Cambridge Evening News, Friday, 29 March 1991, p. 37 At Bedford Modern, Gillard was in the last crew to win the Special Race for Schools at Henley Royal Regatta in 1989 before the event was discontinued.The Daily Telegraph, Monday, 3 July 1989, p. 27The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 20 December 1989, p. 30
Gillard rowed for the Great Britain Junior team in the Eight at the Szeged Reservoir, Hungary in 1989 winning a bronze medal.The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, 30 March 1991, p. 32 Gillard then rowed for Great Britain in the Nations Cup (precursor to the U23 World Rowing Championships) in Linz Ottensheim, Austria (1990, Eight, bronze); Naro Lago, San Giovanni, Italy (1991, coxless four, silver); and Glasgow (1992, coxless four, gold). Representing Goldie Boat Club, Gillard was a member of the winning crews of the Britania Challenge Cup (setting a new course record) and Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1992.The Sunday Telegraph, 14 March 1993, p. 19 Rowing for Imperial College Boat Club, Gillard won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1996,The Sunday Telegraph, 7 July 1996, S7, p. 101 and the Visitors' Challenge Cup in 2002 at the Henley Royal Regatta.The Daily Telegraph, Monday, 8 July 2002, S10, p. 42
Gillard chaired the Cambridge selection process for the 2005 Boat Race.
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