David Foster (woodchopper)

David George Foster OAM (born 20 March 1957) is an Australian world champion woodchopper, and Tasmanian community figure.

[4] He started woodchopping with his father, George Foster, in 1978, and between them they won the World 600 mm Double-handed Sawing Championship eleven years running.

His other achievements in wood chopping include winning the Australian Axeman of the Year award nine times in a row, winning every major wood chopping event in Australia and New Zealand, becoming the first person in sporting history to have won 1,000 championships and being the only axeman to have ever won six out of seven championships at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Both Foster and Boon, as well as then-Premier of Tasmania Jim Bacon, also willingly allowed their famous moustaches to be shaved off for charity.

He also received a Tasmanian of the Year award in 1995, and was appointed a director of the National Australia Day Council in 1998.