Archibald MacKinnon (born January 13, 1937 in Cranbrook, British Columbia) is a

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competition

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and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, together with

Lorne Loomer Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Archibald MacKinnon, Walter D'Ho ...

, Walter D'Hondt and

Donald Arnold Donald John Arnold (July 14, 1935 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbour ...

."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on May 14, 2008) At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, MacKinnon received a gold medal in ''eights''. He received a silver medal in ''eights'' at the

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, as a member of the Canadian team."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing"
(Retrieved on May 14, 2008)

Awards

MacKinnon was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1957, the

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in 1966, – ''British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame'' (Retrieved on May 14, 2008) and into ''University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame'' in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team."1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew"
– ''University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame'' (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)

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* * * * * * 1937 births Living people Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from British Columbia Sportspeople from Cranbrook, British Columbia Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub