Lawrence Jackson

New zealand rower
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNew zealand rower
PlacesNew Zealand
wasRower
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth27 February 1907, Marlborough Region
Death28 October 1937Picton (aged 30 years)
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Lawrence Jackson (27 February 1907 − 28 October 1937), also known as Lawrence Woodgate, was a New Zealand rower, who represented his country at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was a member of the New Zealand crew that was eliminated in the repêchage of the men's eights. Jackson and Jack Macdonald, also a member of the men's eight, were the first Māori Olympians.
Rowing for the Picton club, Jackson was a member of the champion national fours crew in both 1930 and 1936. He died in Picton in 1937 and was buried at Picton Cemetery.

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