John Alexander

In the late 1970’s John was the premier single sculler in New Zealand and won the national single sculls title five times between 1975 and 1981. In his first international selection in 1975 he was selected in the Quad sculls boat for the World Championships at Nottingham.

Over the next four years he was selected as the New Zealand single sculls representative at three World Championships. This included the 1978 World Championships at Karapiro, the 1979 World Championships at Bled and the 1981 World Championships at Munich.

In addition, he competed at the West German Championships at Essen in 1979 gaining the bronze medal.