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About John MacLeod (canoeist)
- John Arthur Torquil G.
- MacLeod (born 31 March 1947) is a British retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and the 1970s.
- He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice. MacLeod finished 30th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Having coached Junior athletes for two years John very successfully coached senior GB team kayaks from 1979-1981 followed by two years as senior GB team chief coach culminating in 7 medals being won by GB Team at the 1983 World Championships.
- In 1989 John was appointed Manager to the senior team and worked through to the Barcelona Olympic Games and beyond, all voluntary.
- By 1999 he had left teaching and was appointed as paid full-time Manager to GB teams, later focusing on senior and Olympic teams management.
- Within his coaching and management years 8 world championship gold medals have been awarded to GB team.
- In 2009 he was appointed as Canoe Manager for the London 2012 Olympic Games, responsible for both Canoe Sprint and Canoe Slalom, both events being extremely successful.
- John has been a key player in design and commissioning of both Nottingham (1987) and Lee Valley (2011) canoe slalom courses.
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