Lorne Loomer
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 11, 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 1, 2017(aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lorne Kenneth Loomer(March 11, 1937 – January 1, 2017) was aCanadiancompetitionrowerand Olympic champion.[1]
He received agold medalincoxless foursat the1956 Summer OlympicsinMelbourne,together withArchibald MacKinnon,Walter D'HondtandDonald Arnold.[2]At the1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games,Loomer received a gold medal ineights.
Awards
[edit]Loomer was inducted into theCanadian Olympic Hall of Famein 1958. He was inducted intoBritish Columbia Sports Hall of Famein 1966, and intoUniversity of British Columbia Sports Hall of Famein 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[3]TheGreater Victoria Sports Hall of Fameinducted Loomer in 1994.
Notes
[edit]Conflicting sources
[edit]Some sources list Loomer as a silver medallist ineightsat the1960 Summer OlympicsinRome,as a member of the Canadian team.[4]However, according to other sources Loomer competed in coxless pairs, but was replaced by substituteDavid Andersonin the coxed eights.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^"Lorne Loomer Obituary (1937 - 2017) - Victoria, BC - the Times Colonist".Legacy.com.
- ^"1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-08.RetrievedMay 14,2008.
- ^"1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew".University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. Archived fromthe originalon 2005-03-31.RetrievedMay 14,2008.
- ^"1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing"Archived2007-09-04 at theWayback Machine(Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ^"Canada Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games".sports-reference. Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved12 January2014.
- ^"David Anderson".sports-reference. Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved12 January2014.
- ^"1960 UBC-VRC Eights".BC Sports Hall of Fame.Retrieved13 September2024.
External links
[edit]- Lorne LoomeratWorld Rowing
- Lorne LoomeratOlympics.com
- Lorne LoomeratOlympedia
- Lorne LoomeratTeam Canada
- Lorne Loomerat theCommonwealth Games Federation(archived)
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