Alexander Grant Clark (20 February 1943 – 2 January 2025) was a New Zealand

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who represented his country in the men's eight at the 1964 Olympic Games.

Biography

Clark was born in

Oamaru Oamaru (; ) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast; State Highway 1 (New Zealand), Sta ...

on 20 February 1943, the son of Edith Margaret Grant Clark (née Cameron) and David Alexander Clark. Clark represented New Zealand in the men's eight at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

, finishing in 11th place, and is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 167 by the

New Zealand Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to re ...

. A national representative between 1964 and 1966, Clark was a member of the Oamaru Rowing Club, and the North End Rowing Club in

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...

. He rowed in

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during the 1966 season, and was a member of the New Zealand team for the

1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...

in Yugoslavia. Following his competitive rowing career, he became involved in rowing as an official, earning his starter's licence in the 1970s. He was a starter at

Lake Ruataniwha Lake Ruataniwha is an artificial lake in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. It was formed in 1977–1981 as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric project. It lies on the traditional boundary of the Canterbury and Otago provinces ...

from that venue's inaugural regatta in 1985, and in 2020 he was awarded life membership of South Island Rowing. Clark died in Dunedin on 2 January 2025, at the age of 81.

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* * * 1943 births 2025 deaths Sportspeople from Oamaru New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub