Grant Main

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Grant Main (born February 11, 1960, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower, who was a member of the Canadian men's eights team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. From March 2014, Main served as the Deputy Minister of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation until his retirement in November 2020. [1]

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References

  1. British Columbia Railway Company, Biography, Gran Main.