Alexander Lloyd

Alexander Lloyd (born 17 December 1990) in Darlinghurst, Sydney, is an Australian Olympic representative rower.

Club and state rowing Lloyd grew up in Sydney, attended Boronia Park Primary school and took up rowing in his high school years at Sydney's Shore school. In 2008 he contested the Australian schoolboy eight championship title at the Australian Rowing Championships in the Shore first VIII and placed third. He studied for a BCivilEng from Deakin University.

His senior club rowing was with the Sydney Rowing Club from 2009. In 2012 he contested the Australian U23 coxless four championship title at the Australian Rowing Championships in SRC colours and placed second.

International representative rowing Lloyd made his national representative debut in 2012 when selected in the Australian U23 eight to compete at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai. That eight won a silver medal.

In preparation for the 2015 World Rowing Championships he crashed during bicycle training in Italy and broke a collarbone. Lloyd had to withdraw from the M4- crew of Lockwood, Dunkley-Smith and Turrin and was replaced by Alexander Hill. That crew went on to win the silver medal on Lac d'Aiguebelette .

In 2016 he was selected with his Sydney Rowing Club clubmate Spencer Turrin in the men's coxless pair to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They won their heat on day one of competition, progressed through their semi-final and finished sixth in the final.