Lorne Loomer
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s rowing | ||
Competitor for  Canada
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Coxless fours |
| 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.
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,[2] and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[3] The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inducted Loomer in 1994.
Notes
Conflicting sources
Some sources list Loomer as a silver medalist in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team.[4] However, according to other sources Loomer competed in coxless pairs, but was replaced by substitute David Anderson in the coxed eights.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ↑ "1956 UBC/VRC Coxless Fours (M)" – British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ↑ "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew" – University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ↑ "Canada Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". sports-reference. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "David Anderson". sports-reference. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "1960 UBC/VRC Eights (M)". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 January 2014.