David Clark (rower)

David Clark
Personal information
Full nameDavid Robert Clark
BornNovember 17, 1959 (1959-11-17) (age 64)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Coxless four
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Munich Men's eights

David Robert Clark (born November 17, 1959) is a United States rower.[1] He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and lives in Longmont, Colorado. Clark was the stroke on the U.S. national crew which finished third in the World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany in 1981. He also rowed on the four-oared crew that finished 7th in the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand 1983.[2] Clark earned a silver medal with the U.S. team in the men's coxless four at the 1984 Summer Olympics with Jonathan Smith, Philip Stekl, and Alan Forney. Their time of 6:06.10 was less than three seconds behind the victorious New Zealand team of Shane O'Brien, Les O'Connell, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask, which finished at 6:03.48.[3]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Friends of Rowing History website Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ International Olympic Committee website Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine