Lorne Currie

{{short description|British sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Lorne Currie | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Lorne Campbell Currie | nickname = | nationality = British | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|04|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Le Havre, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1926|06|21|1871|04|25|df=y}} | death_place = Le Havre, France | height = | classes = .5 to 1 ton<br/>Open class | club = Royal Temple Yacht Club<br />Société des Régates du Havre | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Sailing }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | Open class }} {{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | .5 to 1 ton 1st race }} | show-medals = yes | updated = 8 May 2015 }}

'''Lorne Campbell Currie''' (25 April 1871 – 20 June 1926)<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|61710}}</ref> was a British sailor<ref name="A" /> who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With crew John Gretton, Linton Hope and Algernon Maudslay. Currie, as helmsman, took first place in race of the .5 to 1 ton. He was born and died in Le Havre, France. His father, John Martin Currie, was a younger brother of Donald Currie, the ship owner, and acted as agent for the firm in Le Havre.

==Further reading== * {{cite book |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |title=Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale |language=French |year=1901 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012428/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 }}

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<ref name="A">{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/lorne-currie-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/lorne-currie-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | title = Lorne Currie Bio, Stats, and Results | publisher = Olympic Sports | access-date = 8 February 2014 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Lorne}} Category:1871 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Scottish male sailors (sport) Category:Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton Category:Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class Category:Olympic sailors for Great Britain Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in sailing Category:Scottish Olympic competitors Category:Sportspeople from Le Havre