Robin Clarke

Robin Clarke
Personal information
Born1963 or 1964 (age 60–61)
New Zealand
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Nottingham W2x
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh W2x

Robin Clarke (born 1964) is a retired New Zealand rower.[1]

Clarke started rowing at age 13, and four years later, she was selected for the national rowing team.[2]

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, she won a gold medal in the women's double sculls with Stephanie Foster.[3] Some weeks later at the 1986 World Rowing Championships at Nottingham in the United Kingdom, she won a bronze in the women's double sculls with Foster.[4]

Clarke retired from rowing in 1997 when she was pregnant with twin boys.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Robin Clarke". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b McNulty, Andrew (18 November 2007). "Robin's oar-some weight loss win". New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
  3. ^ "Robin Clarke". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2015.


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