David Lindstrom

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David Lindstrom
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1977 New Zealand coxless four on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam
Personal information
Birth nameDavid Edward Lindstrom
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1948-09-29) 29 September 1948 (age 76) [1]
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight86 kg (190 lb) [1]
Medal record
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1977 Amsterdam Four
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Karapiro Eight

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

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Early life

Lindstrom was born in 1948 in Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] He received his education at St Bede's College (1962–1966) and then studied obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury (1967–1969). [2] Ross Lindstrom is his cousin.

Rowing

Lindstrom is a member of Avon Rowing Club. [3] He represented New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the coxed four, coming sixth in the event. [3] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 287 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [4] He represented New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Coxless four in a team with Bob Murphy, Grant McAuley, and Des Lock, narrowly beaten by the team from the Soviet Union to fourth place. [5] The 1977 World Rowing Championships saw Lindstrom win silver in the coxless four with Des Lock, Ivan Sutherland and Dave Rodger under new coach Harry Mahon. [6] His last international success came in the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, when he won bronze with the New Zealand eight. [7]

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. [2] 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. [2] [8] Lindstrom was coaching the Wanganui Collegiate School rowing club, and provided results to the school within his first year of coaching. [9] Lindstrom is now head coach of the Christchurch Girls' High School rowing club.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "David Lindstrom". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Humes, Myles (20 June 2015). "Ex-St Bede's coach David Lindstrom dropped by Rowing New Zealand". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Lindstrom". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "David Lindstrom". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "(M4-) Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "(M4-) Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "St Bede's coaches and trustee quit after Maadi Cup row". The Press . 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Piddington, Stu (7 April 2016). "Timaru crews charge into semifinals of Maadi Cup". The Timaru Herald . Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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