Lex Clark

Lex Clark
Personal information
Birth nameAlexander Grant Clark
Born(1943-02-20)20 February 1943
Oamaru, New Zealand
Died2 January 2025(2025-01-02) (aged 81)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Club
  • Oamaru Rowing Club
  • North End Rowing Club

Alexander Grant Clark (20 February 1943 – 2 January 2025) was a New Zealand rower who represented his country in the men's eight at the 1964 Olympic Games.

Biography

Clark was born in Oamaru on 20 February 1943, the son of Edith Margaret Grant Clark (née Cameron) and David Alexander Clark.[1][2][3]

Clark represented New Zealand in the men's eight at the 1964 Summer Olympics, finishing in 11th place, and is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 167 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[4]

A national representative between 1964 and 1966,[5] Clark was a member of the Oamaru Rowing Club, and the North End Rowing Club in Dunedin.[6][7] He rowed in Auckland during the 1966 season, and was a member of the New Zealand team for the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Yugoslavia.[8][9] Following his competitive rowing career, he became involved in rowing as an official, earning his starter's licence in the 1970s. He was a starter at Lake Ruataniwha from that venue's inaugural regatta in 1985, and in 2020 he was awarded life membership of South Island Rowing.[10]

Clark died in Dunedin on 2 January 2025, at the age of 81.[3][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexander Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Alexander Clark". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Deaths". Otago Daily Times. 4 January 2025. p. 31.
  4. ^ Alexander Clark at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  5. ^ Bruce, David (25 October 2011). "Gold medal rowers back together". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  6. ^ "New Zealand representatives from the club". North End Rowing Club. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  7. ^ MacLean, Hamish (25 June 2018). "Rowing club seeks revenue". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  8. ^ "N.Z. rowers chosen". The Press. Vol. 106, no. 31078. 6 June 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via PapersPast.
  9. ^ "Concern at standard of New Zealand rowing crew". The Press. Vol. 106, no. 31089. 18 June 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via PapersPast.
  10. ^ "Warren Blazey and Lex Clarke [sic] become SIR Life Members". South Island Rowing. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Death notices – Clark, Alexander Grant (Lex)". Gillions. Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.


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