Ivan Sutherland (rower)

Ivan Carl Sutherland MNZM (born 15 September 1950 in Blenheim, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he crewed the eight along Tony Hurt, Alec McLean, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie (cox). The 1977 World Rowing Championships saw Sutherland win silver in the coxless four with Des Lock, David Lindstrom and Dave Rodger under new coach Harry Mahon. Sutherland was also the Rowing Team Manager for the New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was subsequently a national rowing selector.
In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sutherland was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing and viticulture.