John Clark (Australian rower)

John Clark (born 10 January 1948) is an Australian former rower. He was a six-time national champion who competed at world championships and in the men's eight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

John Clark
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1948-01-10) 10 January 1948
Sport
SportRowing
ClubMosman Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
National finalsKing's Cup 1968–72

Club and state rowing

Clark's senior rowing was from the Mosman Rowing Club. In Mosman crews he contested both the coxed and the coxless four events at the 1970 Australian Rowing Championships and he won the national title in the coxless four.[2] He won both the national coxed pair and the coxless four titles in Mosman crews in 1975 [3] and in 1976 he again contested both the coxed and the coxless four events and won the coxless four national championship.[4]

He first made state selection for New South Wales in the men's eight which contested and won the 1968 King's Cup at the annual Interstate Regatta.[5] He raced in further New South Wales King's Cup crews in 1969, 1971 [6] and 1972 and saw a second victory in 1972.[7]

International representative rowing

The entire New South Wales winning King's Cup eight of 1972 was selected as the Australian eight to compete at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Clark rowed in the six seat of that boat when they rowed to an eighth place finish in Munich.[8]

In 1975 as the Australian champion coxed pair Clark, Michael Crowley and coxswain Terry O'Hanlon were selected to race Australia's coxed pair at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham. They were eliminated in the repechage.[9]

Coaching

A high-school history and science teacher Clark taught and coached schoolboy rowing at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and then the Shore School in the 1970s and 1980s.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Clark Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. 1970 Austn C'ships
  3. 1975 Austn Cships
  4. 1976 Austn C'ships
  5. "1968 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  6. "1971 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  7. "1972 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. "1972 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. "1975 World C'ships". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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