{{short description|Canadian fencer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Leonora MacKinnon | image = | caption = | birth_name = | full_name = | nickname = | nationality = Canadian | residence = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|05|30}}<ref name="a">{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/leonora-MacKinnon/ |title=Leonora MacKinnon |work=Canadian Olympic Committee}}</ref> | birth_place = Basingstoke, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = Canada | sport = Fencing | education = Cheam School | spouse = | event = | collegeteam = | universityteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | olympics = | highestranking = | updated = 8 May 2018 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalSilver | 2023 Santiago|Team épée }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Fencing Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Panama City|Team épée }} {{MedalGold|2024 Lima|Team épée }} {{MedalSilver | 2017 Montreal|Team épée }} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Havana|Team épée }} {{MedalSilver | 2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Santiago|Individual épée }} }}
'''Leonora MacKinnon''' (born May 30, 1994) is a female épée fencer from The United Kingdom, now competing for Canada.<ref name="a" /> MacKinnon won the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Championships in Santiago, and later competed at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto, Ontario. MacKinnon originally competed for her native United Kingdom, but later made the switch to competing for Canada, as her mother was born in Toronto, which makes her a Canadian citizen as well.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Leck |first=Sebastian |date=6 July 2015 |title=On edge of Olympic berth |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2015/07/06/on-edge-of-olympic-berth |newspaper=thewhig.com |location=Kingston, Ontario |access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
MacKinnon qualified to represent her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, by being ranked in the top two in the Americas.<ref>[http://static.fie.org/uploads/9/47500-qualifications%20OG%202016%20April.pdf Athletes qualified for the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)]</ref>
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