Harry Poulton (May 16, 1919 – October 28, 1981) was a

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. He was born in Saint-Lambert,

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and died in

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. Poulton mostly who competed in the late 1940s. He, alongside teammate Douglas Bennett, also from Saint-Lambert, finished fourth in the C-2 1000 m event at the

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. He retired from canoeing in 1949.

References

Harry Poulton's profile at Sports Reference.comNotice of Harry Poulton's death
1919 births 1981 deaths Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Canada People from Saint-Lambert, Quebec Sportspeople from Montérégie Anglophone Quebec people Sportspeople from Quebec 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub