Blair Horn (born July 17, 1961) is a

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former rower, who was a member of the Canadian men's eights team that won the gold medal at the

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. Born in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

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, Horn is a graduate of

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in Mill Bay, British Columbia. A 1983 graduate of the

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with a B.B.A. in 1984, he was also part of their rowing squad. Horn was later admitted to

Osgoode Hall Law School Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The law school is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the Journal of Law and Social Policy, and the ''Osgoode Hall La ...

where he graduated with an LL.B. in 1987. He went on to practice law at

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Canadian Olympic Committee

1961 births Canadian male rowers Living people Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kelowna Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics University of Washington Foster School of Business alumni Osgoode Hall Law School alumni Pan American Games medalists in rowing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub