Lindsay Wilson (rower)


Lindsay Edward "Lew" Wilson is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals.
Wilson was born in Methven, New Zealand in 1948. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Tony Hurt, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights. He rowed with the coxed eight in the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, and won a bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he again crewed the eight which this time won the Bronze medal. His crewmates this time were Alec McLean, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Tony Hurt, Joe Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie.
Wilson was later a public servant in Hamilton working in Maori Affairs.