Lorne Loomer

Medal record
Men’s rowing
Competitor for  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Melbourne Coxless fours
Silver 1960 Rome Eights
Commonwelth Games
Gold 1958 Cardiff Eights

Lorne Loomer (born March 11, 1937) is 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 McKinnon, Walter D'Hondt and Donald Arnold.[1]

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Loomer received a gold medal in eights. He received a silver medal in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team.[2]

Awards

Loomer was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1958. He was inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966,[3] and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[4] The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inducted Loomer in 1994.

References

  1. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  2. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  3. ^ "1956 UBC/VRC Coxless Fours (M)" – British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  4. ^ "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew" – University of Brithish Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)