Lorne Loomer
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born(1937-03-11)March 11, 1937
DiedJanuary 1, 2017(2017-01-01) (aged 79)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men’s rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Coxless four
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff Eight

Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inducted Loomer in 1994.

Notes

Conflicting sources

Some sources list Loomer as a silver medallist 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

  1. ^ "Lorne Loomer Obituary (1937 - 2017) - Victoria, BC - the Times Colonist". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"". Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  3. ^ "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew". University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2005-03-31. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  4. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  5. ^ "Canada Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  6. ^ "David Anderson". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ^ "1960 UBC/VRC Eights (M)". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links


Olympic champions – Men's coxless four
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