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| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | David Edward Lindstrom |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Born | 29 September 1948 [1] Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1] |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) [1] |
Medal record | |
David Edward Lindstrom (born 29 September 1948) is a New Zealand rower.
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.
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.
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