Timothy McLaren
Timothy George McLaren (born 24 September 1956 in Cootamundra, New South Wales) is an Australian former Olympian rower and high-performance international rowing coach. He was a four-time Australian national champion, a national representative and won a silver medal in the men's quad scull at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Club and national rowing career McLaren only took up still water rowing at age 25 in 1981 and joined the St George Rowing Club in Sydney. The following year he competed for the national single, double and quad sculls titles at the Australian Rowing Championships, winning the double scull championship in St George colours with Allan Pollack. At the 1983 Australian Championships he won the double scull and quad sculls national titles. He also contested the single scull that year but capsized in the final when holding a one-length lead at the half mark. In 1984 he again raced for Australian national titles in all three men's sculling boats and again won the double with Pollack. International rowing career McLaren was first selected for Australia to row the single scull at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg. He won the B final for an overall seventh placing. In 1984 McLaren