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Norway Jackes

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Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Coxless pair

Norway Baldwin Jackes (June 8, 1881 – July 8, 1964) was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the strokeman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless pair.[1]

He went on to become a Canadian soldier in the First World War. He later lived in Port Hope, Ontario, where he died in 1964.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Norway Jackes". Olympedia. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. July 9, 1964. p. 35.
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