Adam Ling
 Ling on the podium in September 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Adam Ling (born 9 September 1991) is a New Zealand rower. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight single sculls, but missed the Olympic qualification for the lightweight double sculls the following year.
Early life
[edit]Ling was born in 1991.[1] He received his secondary schooling at Aquinas College in Tauranga apart from his last year, which he spent at Tauranga Boys' College.[2] He started rowing in 2005 while at Aquinas College.[1]
Rowing career
[edit]Ling gained his first international experience at the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, where he finished eighth in the lightweight men's four.[3] At the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships in Linz, Austria, he placed fourth in the lightweight men's single sculls.[4] He progressed to the elite level in 2014,[5] and at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he competed in the lightweight men's double sculls with Alistair Bond. They finished second in their semi-final race,[6] but did not start in the final.[7] In early 2015, Ling became national champion in the lightweight men's single sculls at Lake Ruataniwha, defeating Peter Taylor.[8] At the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France, he used what was described as "almost textbook-perfect race strategy" to win the A final, finishing ahead of Rajko Hrvat of Slovenia and Miloš Stanojević of Serbia.[9][10][11]
At the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, Ling partnered with Toby Cunliffe-Steel in the lightweight men's double sculls. They needed to finish within the top three to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but placed sixth and thus missed out.[2][12] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, he came second to Matthew Dunham in the premier lightweight singles.[13]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 "Adam Ling". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Adam Ling". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "(BLM4-) U23 Lightweight Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "(BLM1x) U23 Lightweight Men's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ Guild, Ben (2 September 2014). "Rowing: Local rowers shine on world stage". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Semifinal". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ Anderson, Ian (21 February 2015). "Rising lightweights Adam Ling and Zoe McBride shine at the national rowing champs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ Anderson, Ian (5 September 2015). "Kiwi lightweight rowers grab sensational double gold at world champs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "Rowing: Local club rapt at Ling's bling". Bay of Plenty Times. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
