Linda Clark

Linda D Clark née Linda Lacey (born 1 November 1949) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics and 1980 Olympics . Rowing career Clark took up rowing in 1972, the same year in which she married Olympic rower Jim Clark. She went on to represent Great Britain from 1974 to 1987. In 1974, while rowing for the Civil Service Ladies Rowing Club she won the coxless pairs with Liz Monti, at the 1974 National Rowing Championships and was consequently selected by Great Britain for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the coxless pairs event with Monti they finished 9th overall (3rd in the B final). The following year she won the coxless pair with Gill Webb and the coxed fours at the 1975 National Rowing Championships. A second appearance at the World Championships ensued in the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. At the 1976 Summer Olympics she finished in tenth place in the coxless pairs event with Beryl Mitchell One year later in 1977, she won the coxless pairs with Mitchell, at the 1977 National Rowing Championships. and represented Britain again in the 1977 World Rowing Championships. After switching from the Civil Service Lades Rowing Club to the Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club she secured another national title at the 1978 National Championships. At the 1979 British Rowing Championships she was part of the composite crews that won both the coxed fours and quadruple sculls followed by a fourth appearance at the World Championships in 1979 in Bled.