Robin Clarke

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

Robin Clarke
Personal information
Born1963/1964 (age 56–57)
New Zealand
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Rowing Championships
1986 Nottingham W2x
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh W2x

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. 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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