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Mel LaForme

Melvin LaForme (born February 6, 1953) is a Canadian rower.

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Biography

LaForme was born in Buffalo, New York in 1953.^[1] He represented Canada in the men's eight at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where the team came eighths.^[1] He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel with the men's quadruple sculls.^[2] He represented Canada in the quad scull at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mel LaForme". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "Melvin LaForme". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

World champions – Men's quad scull

1974: (Joachim Dreifke, Götz Draeger, Rüdiger Reiche, Jürgen Bertow)
1975: (Stefan Weiße, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, Wolfgang Hönig, Christof Kreuziger)
1977: (Frank Dundr, Martin Winter, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig)
1978: (Joachim Dreifke, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Martin Winter, Frank Dundr)
1979: (Peter Kersten, Klaus Kröppelien, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Joachim Dreifke)
1981: (Peter Kersten, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
1982: (Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Mund, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
1983: (Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, Dieter Wiedenmann, Michael Dürsch)
1985: (Doug Hamilton, Robert Mills, Paul Douma, Mel LaForme)
1986: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mikhail Ivanov, Igor Kotko)
1987: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mikhail Ivanov, Igor Kotko)
1989: (Hans Keldermann, Koos Maasdijk, Herman van den Eerenbeemt, Rutger Arisz)
1990: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
1991: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
1993: (Andreas Hajek, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
1994: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
1995: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
1997: (Agostino Abbagnale, Giovanni Calabrese, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa)
1998: (Agostino Abbagnale, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori)
1999: (Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
2001: (Christian Schreiber, André Willms, Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek)
2002: (René Bertram, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
2003: (André Willms, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
2005: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
2006: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
2007: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
2009: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
2010: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
2011: (Chris Morgan, James McRae, Karsten Forsterling, Daniel Noonan)
2013: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
2014: (Dmytro Mikhay, Artem Morozov, Oleksandr Nadtoka, Ivan Dovhodko)
2015: (Philipp Wende, Karl Schulze, Lauritz Schoof, Hans Gruhne)
2017: (Dovydas Nemeravičius, Martynas Džiaugys, Rolandas Maščinskas, Aurimas Adomavičius)
2018: (Filippo Mondelli, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi, Giacomo Gentili)
2019: (Dirk Uittenbogaard, Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
2022: (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Mirosław Ziętarski, Fabian Barański)
2023: (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
2025: (Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili)

This boat class is an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Men's quadruple sculls

Pan American Games Rowing Champions in Men's Quadruple Sculls

1975: Rodríguez, Simon, Suarez, Luperón (CUB)
1979: Herrera, Simon, Quintero, Castro (CUB)
1983: Haggerty, Mills, LaForme, Murphy (CAN)
1991: Unknown (CUB)
1995: Se. Fernández, Sa. Fernández, Knulst, Pfaab (ARG)
2003: Abad, Hernández, Martínez, Cascaret (CUB)
2007: Cascaret, Concepción, Fournier, Hernández (CUB)
2011: Cucchietti, Fernández, Rosso, Suárez (ARG)
2015: Bahain, Buie, Dean, Gibson (CAN)
2019: Murillo, B. Rosso, C. Rosso, Suárez (ARG)
2023: Cetraro, Sarraute, Klüver, Salvagno (URU)

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