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Archibald MacKinnon

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Archibald MacKinnon (born January 13, 1937, in Cranbrook, British Columbia) is a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.

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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]

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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]

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