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Lorne Loomer

Medal record
Men’s rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Coxless four
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff Eight

Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.[1]

He received a gold medal in coxless fours at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Archibald MacKinnon, Walter D'Hondt and Donald Arnold.[2] At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Loomer received a gold medal in eights.

Awards

Loomer was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1958. He was inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966,[3] and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[4] The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inducted Loomer in 1994.

Notes

Conflicting sources

Some sources list Loomer as a silver medalist in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team.[5] However, according to other sources Loomer competed in coxless pairs, but was replaced by substitute David Anderson in the coxed eights.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?pid=183457368
  2. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  3. ^ "1956 UBC/VRC Coxless Fours (M)"[permanent dead link] – British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  4. ^ "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew" Archived 2005-03-31 at the Wayback Machine – University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  5. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  6. ^ "Canada Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". sports-reference. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ^ "David Anderson". sports-reference. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  8. ^ "1960 UBC/VRC Eights (M)". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 January 2014.


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