David Adam Clift (born 3 January 1962) is a male retired British rower.

Rowing career

Clift competed for Great Britain at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. finishing 5th in the 1984 GB Eight and 4th in the 1988 GB coxed Four .He represented England and won a

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in the coxed four, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships he won the Silver Medal in the Coxless pairs event with Martin Cross and coached by Mike Spracklen . The British pair losing in a photo finish to the Pimenov brothers from the Soviet Union by 3/100th of a second. Clift and Cross produced a characteristic and late burst of speed in the last 500m that all but overhauled the Soviet crew on the finish line In 1986 Clift and Cross won the Pairs Gold medal at the Lucerne Regatta but after illness eventually placed 4th in a tight field at the ‘86 World Champs in Nottingham . Clift represented Great Britain at the 1978 ,’79 and ‘80 World Junior Rowing Champs .He started in Rowing as a member of Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club in Lancashire and was coached by youth coach Paul Gooder . Whilst still a Junior under 18 oarsman he won the Senior Double sculls British title with

Steve Redgrave Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds ...

, rowing for the Marlow Rowing Club, at the 1980 National Rowing Championships. This crew also held a course record for over 25 years at Henley Royal Regatta . Clift won Silver and narrowly missed a Gold medal at the 1980 World Junior Rowing Championships in the Double sculls event with Steve Redgrave . Losing to an East German Double by 0.3 sec . The German crew contained Thomas Lange , future two times winner of the Olympic single sculls title . Clift is a winner of the Grand Challenge Cup ‘83 and ‘84 and Queen Mother Cup ‘81 ‘82 at Henley Royal Regatta. After retirement as an athlete he was Chief Coach at The Leander Club for 3 years.

Personal life

His brother is Olympian

Jonathan Clift Marcus 'Jonathan' Clift is a male retired British rower. Clift competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His brother is Olympian Adam Clift David Adam Clift (born 3 January 1962) is a male retired British rowin ...

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* * * * 1962 births Living people British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{UK-rowing-bio-stub