Archibald MacKinnon
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Representing  Canada
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | Coxless four |
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1960 Rome | Eight |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1958 Cardiff | Eights |
Archibald MacKinnon (born January 13, 1937, in Cranbrook, British Columbia) 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 Lorne Loomer, Walter D'Hondt and Donald Arnold.[1][2]
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, MacKinnon 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.[3]
Awards
[edit]MacKinnon was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1957, [4] the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966,[5] and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived December 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Archie MacKinnon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" Archived September 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ^ "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ "1956 UBC/VRC Coxless Fours (M)"[usurped] – British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
- ^ "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew" Archived March 31, 2005, at the Wayback Machine – University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
External links
[edit]- Archibald MacKinnon at World Rowing
- Archibald MacKinnon at Team Canada
- Archibald MacKinnon at Olympics.com
- Archibald MacKinnon at Olympic.org (archived)
- Archie MacKinnon at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Archie MacKinnon at Olympedia
- A.A. MacKinnon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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