Canadian sprinter
Laird Sloan
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Born | (1935-10-03)3 October 1935 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
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Died | 23 June 2017(2017-06-23) (aged 81) Houston, Texas, US |
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Sport | Sprinting |
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Event | 400 metres |
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Laird Sloan (3 October 1935 – 23 June 2017)[1] was a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He finished second in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4 x 440 yards relay (with Terry Tobacco, Doug Clement, and Joe Foreman). In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sloan was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 440 yards.[2]
As a student at the University of Michigan, Sloan was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.[3]
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