Lin Clark
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| Birth name | Linda Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jim Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda D Clark (born 1 November 1949) is a female retired rower.
Rowing career
Clark represented Great Britain from 1974 to 1987.[1] In the 1976 Olympics she rowed with Beryl Mitchell in the women's coxless pairs, then in the 1980 Olympics in the women's eight.[2] Her win with Beryl Mitchell in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 1985 World Rowing Championships was the first gold medal for a British women's crew at any championships. She also won a gold medal for England in the coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4], when the rowing was at Strathclyde Park.
Personal life
She is married to Jim Clark, British international rower and Olympic silver medallist. She has one daughter whom she had with husband Jim.
References
- ^ Lin Clark at World Rowing
- ^ "Linda Clark". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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