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New Zealand rower
Keith Trask
Birth name Keith Charles Trask[ 1] Born (1960-11-27 ) 27 November 1960 (age 63) [ 1] Hastings , New ZealandOccupation carpenter Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[ 1] Weight 95 kg (209 lb)[ 1] Sport Rowing Club North Shore Rowing Club
Keith Charles Trask (born 27 November 1960) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles .
Trask was born in 1960 in Hastings , New Zealand.[ 1] Trask has a twin brother Paul. Their parents are Charles (died 2015) and Maureen Trask.[ 2] They received their education in Hastings ; first at Mayfair School and then at Hastings Intermediate.[ 2]
Trask was selected to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with the coxed four but did not compete due to the Olympics 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 the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee in Switzerland without him.[ 2] In 1983, he moved from the Hawke's Bay to Auckland so that he could join the North Shore Rowing Club to increase his chances to get picked for a national team.[ 2]
In 1983 the crew of Conrad Robertson , Greg Johnston , Keith Trask, Les O'Connell , and Brett Hollister (cox) won the coxed four in Duisburg at the World Championships .[ 4] Along with Les O'Connell, Shane O'Brien and Conrad Robertson he won gold in the coxless four at the 1984 Olympics at Lake Casitas in California.[ 5] In 1986, Trask teamed with Eric 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 at Westlake Boys High School .[ 3]
Family and later activities [ edit ]
Trask is married to Serena, and they have three children (one son and two daughters) born between 1984 and 1987. They live in Auckland , 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]
1904 : Stockhoff , Erker , Dietz , Nasse (USA )
1908 : Cudmore , Gillan , Mackinnon , Somers-Smith (GBR )
1924 : Eley , MacNabb , Morrison , Sanders (GBR )
1928 : Lander , Warriner , Beesly , Bevan (GBR )
1932 : Badcock , Edwards , Beresford , George (GBR )
1936 : Eckstein , Rom , Karl , Menne (GER )
1948 : Moioli , Morille , Invernizzi , Faggi (ITA )
1952 : Bonačić , Valenta , Trojanović , Šegvić (YUG )
1956 : MacKinnon , Loomer , D'Hondt , Arnold (CAN )
1960 : Ayrault , Nash , Sayre , Wailes (USA )
1964 : Hansen , Hasløv , Petersen , Helmudt (DEN )
1968 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1972 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1976 : Brietzke , Decker , Semmler , Mager (GDR )
1980 : Thiele , Decker , Semmler , Brietzke (GDR )
1984 : O'Connell , O'Brien , Robertson , Trask (NZL )
1988 : Schröder , Brudel , Förster , Greiner (GDR )
1992 : Cooper , Green , McKay , Tomkins (AUS )
1996 : Green , Ginn , Tomkins , McKay (AUS )
2000 : Cracknell , Redgrave , Foster , Pinsent (GBR )
2004 : Williams , Cracknell , Coode , Pinsent (GBR )
2008 : James , Williams , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2012 : Gregory , James , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2016 : Gregory , Sbihi , Nash , Louloudis (GBR )
2020 : Purnell , Turrin , Hargreaves , Hill (AUS )
2024 : Best , Corrigan , Grady , Mead (USA )
1962 : (Bernd-Jürgen Marschner , Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Manfred Ross , cox Jürgen Oelke )
1966 : (Hanno Melzer , Horst Bagdonat , Helmut Hänsel , Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1970 : (Peter Berger , Hans-Johann Färber , Gerhard Auer , Alois Bierl , cox Stefan Voncken )
1974 : (Andreas Schulz , Rüdiger Kunze , Ullrich Dießner , Walter Dießner , cox Wolfgang Groß )
1975 : (Vladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , Aleksandr Sema , Aleksandr Klepikov , cox Aleksandr Lukyanov )
1977 : (Dieter Wendisch , Walter Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )
1978 : (Ullrich Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Walter Dießner , Dieter Wendisch , cox Andreas Gregor )
1979 : (Bernd Schlufter , Walter Dießner , Jens Doberschütz , Ullrich Dießner , cox Werner Lutz )
1981 : (Dietmar Schiller , Jörg Friedrich , Bernd Niesecke , Harald Jährling , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1982 : (Thomas Greiner , Hans Sennewald , Ulrich Kons , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )
1983 : (Conrad Robertson , Greg Johnston , Keith Trask , Les O'Connell , cox Brett Hollister )
1985 : (Sigitas Kučinskas , Ivan Visotchkin , Vladimir Romanishin , Igor Zotov , cox Mikhail Sassov )
1986 : (Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1987 : (Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1989 : (Vasile Năstase , Dimitrie Popescu , Valentin Robu , Vasile Tomoiagă , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1990 : (Bernd Eichwurzel , Mario Gruessel , Detlef Kirchhoff , Stefan Schulz , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1991 : (Armin Eichholz , Bahne Rabe , Matthias Ungemach , Armin Weyrauch , cox Joerg Dedering )
1993 : (Dorin Alupei , Iulică Ruican , Nicolae Țaga , Viorel Talapan , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1994 : (Valentin Robu , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , Florian Tudor , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1995 : (Chris Ahrens , Porter Collins , Ben Holbrook , Scott Munn , cox Peter Cipollone )
1996 : (Dorin Alupei , Gabriel Marin , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , cox Alexei Raducanu )
1997 : (Antoine Béghin , Vincent Maliszewski , Bernard Roche , Laurent Béghin , cox Christophe Lattaignant )
1998 : (Drew Ginn , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , cox Brett Hayman )
1999 : (Tom Murray , Daniel Protz , Garrett Klugh , Jake Wetzel , cox Sean Mulligan )
2000 : (Rick Dunn , Toby Garbett , Graham Smith , Steve Williams , cox Alistair Potts )
2001 : (Gilles Bosquet , Vincent Gazan , Vincent Millot , Sidney Chouraqui , cox Christophe Lattaignant )
2002 : (Tom Stallard , Steve Trapmore , Luka Grubor , Kieran West , cox Christian Cormack )
2003 : (Brian McDonough , Matt Deakin , Jason Flickinger , Lucas McGee , cox Marcus McElhenney )
2004 : (Lorenzo Carboncini , Stefano Introzzi , Edoardo Verzotti , Valerio Massimo , cox Alessandro Speranza )
2005 : (Nicolas Podpovitny , Vincent Durupt , Alex Johnatan Mathis , Lionel Jacquiot , cox Nicolas Majerus )
2006 : (Jan-Martin Bröer , Matthias Flach , Philipp Naruhn , Florian Eichner , cox Martin Sauer )
2007 : (Matt Deakin , Dan Beery , Samuel Burns , Christopher Liwski , cox Edmund del Guercio )