Lincoln Hurring

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Lincoln William Norman Hurring (15 September 1931 - 21 April 1993) is a former swimmer from New Zealand, who won a silver medal at the 1954 British Empire Games in the men's 110 yards backstroke. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, 1952 and 1956. He was born in Dunedin. He became a swimming coach, and gave TV commentaries on several Olympics.

In 1957 Hurring married fellow swimmer Jean Stewart, who won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres backstroke in 1952. Their son, Gary Hurring, won a Commonwealth Games gold medal and a world championship silver.

From 1954 Lincoln and Jean coached swimming at Three Kings School in Auckland, and in 1975 they moved to the Takapuna Municipal Pool.

In 1993, aged 61, he collapsed and died on Milford Beach, Auckland from a heart attack. ^[1]