Lorne Loomer

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

Lorne Loomer

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1937-03-11)March 11, 1937
Died	January 1, 2017(2017-01-01) (aged 79)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Coxless four Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff Eight

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]