Trevor Rees Clark (9 November 1916 – 5 April 1984) was a New Zealand weightlifter who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Clark won eight New Zealand national weightlifting titles: four in the light heavyweight division, in consecutive years from 1947 to 1950; three in the middle heavyweight division, in 1951, 1952, and 1953; and the middleweight division in 1939.[1] He represented New Zealand in the light heavyweight division of the weightlifting at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, where he finished in fourth place, recording a total of 730 lb (331.1 kg). At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, he moved up a weight class, to the middle heavyweight division, and finished fifth, with a combined total of 790 lb (358.3 kg).[2][3]

During World War II, Clark served as a private in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and was taken prisoner of war in Crete in 1941. He was held in Stalag VIII-B, later renumbered Stalag-344.[4]

Clark was the manager of the New Zealand weightlifting team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5]

Clark died in Auckland on 5 April 1984.[6]

References

  1. ^ Todd, Sydney P. (1966). Champions All. Invercargill: A. J. Owen. p. 282.
  2. ^ "Trevor R. Clark". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Lewis Lawn". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Trevor Rees Clark". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Games officials". The Press. Vol. 103, no. 30504. 28 July 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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