James Abram Garfield MacDonald (August 8, 1881 – November 6, 1951) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

athlete who competed mainly in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. He was born in Lower South River,

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. He competed for Canada in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London in the triple jump where he won the silver medal.

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* 1881 births 1951 deaths People from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Canadian male triple jumpers Olympic silver medalists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male high jumpers {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub