David Edward Lindstrom (born 29 September 1948) is a New Zealand rower.

Early life

Lindstrom was born in 1948 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his education at St Bede's College (1962–1966) and then studied obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from the

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(1967–1969).

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is his cousin.

Rowing

Lindstrom is a member of Avon Rowing Club. He represented New Zealand at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in the coxed four, coming sixth in the event. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 287 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. He represented New Zealand at the

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in the Coxless four in a team with Bob Murphy,

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, and Des Lock, narrowly beaten by the team from the Soviet Union to fourth place. The

1977 World Rowing Championships The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Medal summary About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed ...

saw Lindstrom win silver in the coxless four with Des Lock,

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and Dave Rodger under new coach Harry Mahon. His last international success came in the

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at Lake Karapiro, when he won bronze with the New Zealand eight. In 2006, Lindstrom was appointed to the panel of junior national selectors by Rowing New Zealand (RNZ), and he later became the convenor of this panel. He was a rowing coach at his old school, St Bede's College, for many years. Travelling to the 2015 Maadi Cup, two of his rowers were involved in a security breach at Auckland Airport. St Bede's headmaster stood the rowers down from the regatta and Lindstrom had a public fallout with the headmaster over the affair. It resulted in his resignation as rowing coach at St Bede's, but he was also dumped by RNZ as a junior selector. Lindstrom was coaching the Wanganui Collegiate School rowing club, and provided results to the school within his first year of coaching. Lindstrom is now head coach of the

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rowing club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindstrom, David 1948 births Living people Rowers from Christchurch People educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of New Zealand World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand