David Hearn (canoeist)


David Carter "Davey" Hearn is a former slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. He won seven medals in the C1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds and five silvers. He also won six consecutive world championship gold medals in the C1 team event.
Hearn competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the [Canoeing at the 1996 Canoe Slalom World Cup|1996 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|C1 event] in Atlanta in 1996.
Hearn's sister, Cathy, and his ex-brother-in-law, Lecky Haller, also competed in canoe slalom for the United States.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
198912 August 1989Mezzana2ndC1
198920 August 1989Tacen1stC1
19901 July 1990Wausau2ndC1
19901990Savage River3rdC1
199012 August 1990Augsburg2ndC1
199018 August 1990Bourg St.-Maurice3rdC1
19917 July 1991Augsburg1stC1
19931 August 1993Augsburg1stC1
199331 August 1993Ocoee1stC1
199410 July 1994Bourg St.-Maurice3rdC1
199629 September 1996Três Coroas3rdC1
199722 June 1997Bourg St.-Maurice2ndC1
199728 July 1997Ocoee3rdC1
19973 August 1997Minden3rdC1