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Donald Arnold

Donald Arnold
Medal record
Men’s rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Coxless fours
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Eights
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff Eights
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff Coxed Fours

Donald John Arnold (born July 14, 1935 in Kelowna, 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 Archibald MacKinnon, Lorne Loomer and Walter D'Hondt.

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Arnold received a gold medal in eights, and a silver medal in coxed fours. He received a silver medal in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team.

Arnold 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.



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