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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Born | David Edward Lindstrom (1948-09-29)29 September 1948 (age 77)[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 Zealandrower.
Lindstrom was born in 1948 inChristchurch, New Zealand.[1] He received his education atSt Bede's College (1962–1966) and then studied obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from theUniversity of Canterbury (1967–1969).[2]Ross Lindstrom is his cousin.
Lindstrom is a member of Avon Rowing Club.[3] He represented New Zealand at the1972 Summer Olympics in thecoxed four, coming sixth in the event.[3] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 287 by theNew Zealand Olympic Committee.[4] He represented New Zealand at the1976 Summer Olympics in theCoxless four in a team withBob Murphy,Grant McAuley, andDes Lock, narrowly beaten by the team from theSoviet Union to fourth place.[5] The1977 World Rowing Championships saw Lindstrom win silver in the coxless four withDes Lock,Ivan Sutherland andDave Rodger under new coachHarry Mahon.[6] His last international success came in the1978 World Rowing Championships atLake Karapiro, when he won bronze with the New Zealand eight.[7]
In 2006, Lindstrom was appointed to the panel of junior national selectors byRowing 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 2015Maadi Cup, two of his rowers were involved in a security breach atAuckland 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 theWanganui Collegiate School rowing club, and provided results to the school within his first year of coaching.[9] Lindstrom is now head coach of theChristchurch Girls' High School rowing club.
