Archibald MacKinnon

Archibald "Archie" MacKinnon (born January 13, 1937 in Cranbrook , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian rower .

MacKinnon rowed in the eighth of the University of British Columbia with Donald Arnold , Lorne Loomer and Walter D'Hondt . The four rowers surprisingly qualified in the four without a helmsman for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In the final of the Olympic Regatta, the four Canadians won by over ten seconds over the boat from the United States.

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958 , the Canadians won the title with the Canadian eighth. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , the four Olympic champions from 1956 also competed with the Canadian eighth. In the final, the Germany eight won ahead of the Canadians and the boat from Czechoslovakia.

MacKinnon graduated as an electrical engineer and worked for an energy capital company.

Web links

• Archibald MacKinnon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )