David MacEachern

{{Short description|Canadian bobsledder (born 1967)}} {{more footnotes|date=November 2013}} {{MedalTableTop|medals= {{MedalSport|Men's bobsleigh}} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|1998 Nagano|Two-man}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalSilver|1996 Calgary|Two-man}} }}

'''David "Eli" MacEachern'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadagames.ca/content/CanadaGames/Hall-Of-Honour/dave-maceachern.asp |title=Dave "Eli" MacEachern |publisher=Canada Games |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023131332/http://www.canadagames.ca/content/CanadaGames/Hall-Of-Honour/dave-maceachern.asp |archivedate=October 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peisportshalloffame.ca/inductees/david-eli-maceachen/ |title=David (Eli) MacEachern |publisher=PEI Sports Hall of Fame |date=October 2, 2004 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004223713/https://www.peisportshalloffame.ca/inductees/david-eli-maceachen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born November 4, 1967) was a two-sport athlete from Canada. He was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he and Pierre Lueders won the gold medal in the two-man event (shared with Italy) at Nagano in 1998. He was also a soccer player that competed at the university level as well as national competitions. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

MacEachern also won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1996 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.

In 2004, David MacEachern was inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame.

==References== <references /> * {{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1992w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html |title=1992 bobsleigh two-man results |website=Todor66.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1992w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html |title=1992 bobsleigh four-man results |website=Todor66.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1994w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html |title=1994 bobsleigh two-man results |website=Todor66.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1994w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html |title=1994 bobsleigh four-man results |website=Todor66.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1998w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html |title=1998 bobsleigh four-man results |website=Todor66.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html |title=Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 |website=Sports123.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html |title=Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 |website=Sports123.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html |archivedate=2007-09-29}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACEADAV01 |title=David MacEachern |website=DatabaseOlympics.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827201851/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACEADAV01 |archivedate=2007-08-27}}

==External links== * {{COC profile|david-maceachern|David MacEachern}} * {{Olympics.com profile|david-mac-eachern|David Mac Eachern}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|ma/dave-maceachern-1|Dave MacEachern}}

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