Nicholas Clack

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Nicholas Clack
Personal information
Born (1930-08-17) 17 August 1930 (age 95)
Witney, England
Sport
SportRowing
ClubRAF RC
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1954 Vancouver Coxless pairs
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1951 Mâcon Eight

Nicholas Barry Menzies Clack (born 17 August 1930) is a British rower.

Biography

Clack was educated at Wycliffe College, then the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth before entering St John's College, Cambridge. He competed in The Boat Race 1952 for Lady Margaret Boat Club. [1]

Clack competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki with the men's coxless four where they came fourth. [2] [3]

He represented England [4] and won a silver medal in the coxless pairs with Tom Christie at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Nicholas Clack". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicholas Clack". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rand The Sculler For Empire Games" . Birmingham Daily Post. 5 July 1954. Retrieved 19 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "1954 Athletes". Team England.


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