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Canadian rower
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Male
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11 March 1937(Victoria)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Lorne Loomer (born March 11, 1937, died January 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'Hondt and Donald Arnold.
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, and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team. The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inducted Loomer in 1994.