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Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 2 May 1957
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Sport | Bobsleigh |
Alan MacLachlan (born 2 May 1957) is a Canadian bobsledder. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics. [1]
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan is an American actor best known for his Emmy nominated and Golden Globe winning role as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He is also known for his roles in another two of Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch's films: Paul Atreides in Dune (1984) and Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). MacLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995) and Riley's father in the Inside Out film series.
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in a communist country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
David Matthew Murdoch is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions. Representing Great Britain, he has been skip at three Winter Olympics, Torino 2006, finishing fourth, Vancouver 2010, finishing fifth and Sochi 2014, where he won an Olympic silver medal. He served as national and Olympic coach for British Curling since September 2018, before being named Curling Canada's high-performance director in early 2023.
Australia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 189 competitors, 160 men and 29 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Carla Rae MacLeod is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She is the current head coach of the Czech national ice hockey team and Ottawa Charge in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The Olympic Federation of Ireland or OFI is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ireland. Athletes from Northern Ireland have the option of participating under its auspices or in the Great Britain Olympic Team. Its mission statement is "To manage and enhance the performance of Team Ireland at Olympic Games whilst developing the Olympic Movement in Ireland." In 2018 the Olympic Council of Ireland was renamed as the Olympic Federation of Ireland.
James Dryburgh is a Swedish curler. He lives in Stockholm, where he is a physical education teacher.
Fiona MacDonald MBE is a Scottish curler and Olympic champion, born in Paisley. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Janice Rankin MBE is a Scottish curler and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, with team mates Rhona Martin (skip), Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald and Margaret Morton.
Albania sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held between 12–28 February 2010. This was Albania's second appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Albanian delegation consisted of a single alpine skier, Erjon Tola, whose best finish between all his events was 48th.
Hamish (Hank) Angus McLachlan is an Australian sports broadcaster with Seven Sport.
Alan Stewart is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Murray McLachlan is a South African former swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games McLachlan competed in the 110 yards freestyle not progressing past the heats.
Duncan E. MacDonald is an American long-distance runner. He ran collegiately for Stanford University and competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was also a three-time winner of the Honolulu Marathon, in 1973, 1974 and 1980. In 2017, MacDonald was the boys and girls cross country coach at the Punahou School in Honolulu.
Hamish McLachlan was an Australian rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth. In 2004, McLachlan was jailed for nine years for stock market fraud.
Mark MacKay is a German ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Alan Notley is a British biathlete. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics, the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Charles MacIvor is a British skier. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics.