James Nickel

James Nickel
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born(1930-02-09)9 February 1930
Died28 March 1990(1990-03-28) (aged 60)

James Nickel (9 February 1930 – 30 March 1990)[1] was a Canadian canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 11th in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics[2] in Helsinki. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the time, and remained with the RCMP until his retirement from the position of Commanding Officer of Regina Subdivision in 1987. During his career he was posted at RCMP detachments in Uranium Lake, Tisdale, Regina, Kipling, Punnichy, Hudson Bay, Swift Current, and Winnipeg.

References

  1. ^ "James Nickel". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ "James Nickel". archived. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a Canadian canoeist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.