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Lorne Loomer

1937 - 2017

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Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937 – January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. 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. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Loomer received a gold medal in eights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorne Loomer is the 2,045th most popular athlete (up from 2,411th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Canada (up from 742nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lorne Loomer ranks 2,045 out of 6,025. Before him are Neroli Fairhall, Dušan Pašek, João Carlos de Oliveira, Gustaf Rosenquist, James Dunbar, and Don Finlay. After him are Sanda Toma, Vittorio Tamagnini, Patrick Leahy, Kenny Roberts Jr., Leni Junker, and Toru Goto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Lorne Loomer ranks 510. Before him are Viktor Zubkov, Detto Mariano, Cēzars Ozers, David Del Tredici, David Bedford, and Peter Medak. After him are Peter Kreeft, Charles Dumas, Peter Cook, Matthew Carter, Barry Mazur, and Jenő Kamuti. Among people deceased in 2017, Lorne Loomer ranks 545. Before him are Spartaco Landini, Ninian Stephen, Jim Nabors, Gilbert Stork, Ty Hardin, and Viktor Kupreichik. After him are Desmond Connell, Giorgio Capitani, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Jean E. Sammet, Nicole Bricq, and Shelley Berman.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Lorne Loomer ranks 657 out of 1,622. Before him are Bobby Clarke (1949), Aileen Meagher (1910), Maureen Forrester (1930), Melody Anderson (1955), Calvin Bricker (1884), and Alberta Watson (1955). After him are Peter Jennings (1938), Tom Mulcair (1954), James Tupper (1965), Barbara Parkins (1942), Devin Townsend (1972), and Bert McCaffrey (1893).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Lorne Loomer ranks 43. Before him are Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), George Cloutier (1876), Aileen Meagher (1910), and Calvin Bricker (1884). After him are Frank Saker (1907), George Campbell (1878), Andre De Grasse (1994), Vic Lindquist (1908), Vic Emery (1933), and Richard Louis Duckett (1884).

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