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| Born | Keith Charles Trask[1] (1960-11-27)27 November 1960 (age 65)[1] Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | carpenter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North Shore Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Keith Charles Trask (born 27 November 1960) is a former New Zealandrower who won an Olympic gold medal at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles.
Trask was born in 1960 inHastings, New Zealand.[1] Trask has a twin brother Paul. Their parents are Charles (died 2015) and Maureen Trask.[2] They received their education inHastings; first at Mayfair School and then at Hastings Intermediate.[2]
Trask was selected to compete at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow with the coxed four but did not compete due to theOlympics boycott.[3] He believes that he missed out being selected for the New Zealand eight in 1982 despite being "good enough to be there"; the team went on to win gold at the1982 World Rowing Championships atRotsee in Switzerland without him.[2] In 1983, he moved from theHawke's Bay toAuckland so that he could join theNorth Shore Rowing Club to increase his chances to get picked for a national team.[2]
In 1983 the crew ofConrad Robertson,Greg Johnston, Keith Trask,Les O'Connell, andBrett Hollister (cox) won the coxed four inDuisburg at theWorld Championships.[4] Along with Les O'Connell,Shane O'Brien and Conrad Robertson he won gold in thecoxless four at the1984 Olympics atLake Casitas in California.[5] In 1986, Trask teamed withEric Verdonk for the pairs and became New Zealand national champion.[2]
He later was a rowing coach for the North Shore Rowing Club, and currently coaches atWestlake Boys High School.[3]
Trask is married to Serena, and they have three children (one son and two daughters) born between 1984 and 1987. They live inAuckland, where Trask works as a carpenter.[2] He became self employed in 1999 when he founded his company, Keith Trask Limited.[6] In 2009, he competed in ocean swimming.[7]
