Des Lock

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Des Lock
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1977 New Zealand coxless four on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam
Personal information
Birth nameDesmond John Lock
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1949-10-02) 2 October 1949 (age 73) [1]
Batu Gajah, Malaysia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb) [1]
Sport
Club Petone Rowing Club
Medal record
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1977 Amsterdam Four
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Karapiro Eight

Desmond John Lock (born 2 October 1949) is a New Zealand rower.

Lock was born in 1949 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia. [2] He was a member of Petone Rowing Club. [3] [4] He represented New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Bob Murphy, Grant McAuley, and David Lindstrom, narrowly beaten by the team from the Soviet Union to fourth place. [5] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 356 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [2] The 1977 World Rowing Championships saw Lock win silver in the coxless four with Ivan Sutherland, David Lindstrom and Dave Rodger under new coach Harry Mahon. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Desmond Lock". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Des Lock". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Des Lock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "1977 champion eight gets back on Wellington Harbour". The Dominion Post . 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 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.


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