Donald Arnold

Donald John Arnold (July 14, 1935 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Donald Arnold
Medal record
Men’s rowing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1956 MelbourneCoxless four
Silver medal – second place1960 RomeEight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1958 CardiffEight
Silver medal – second place1958 CardiffCoxed four

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.[1]

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.[2] He died in North Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of 85 from heart failure in 2021.[3]

Awards

Arnold was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1958. He was inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966,[4] and into University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, together with the other members of the Olympic gold team.[5]

References
  1. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  2. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Rowing" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)
  3. Hawthorn, Tom (August 1, 2021). "B.C. rower Don Arnold and his crew of underdogs won Canada's first Olympic gold in the sport". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. "1956 UBC/VRC Coxless Fours (M)"[Usurped!] – British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 25, 2017)
  5. "1956 UBC Four Oared Rowing Crew" Archived 2005-03-31 at the Wayback Machine – University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 14, 2008)


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