Archibald MacKinnon

Archibald MacKinnon
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games

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

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

^ "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" – BC 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)