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| Full name | Terrance Millar | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1945 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
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Torchy Millar (born 20 August 1945) is a Canadian equestrian. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
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