Hugh MacDonald (born September 22, 1974 in

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) is a male archer from

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. He graduated from the

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in 1997 with a degree in pure math. MacDonald is a member of the Canadian National

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team who has competed in the 2007 World Archery Championships, 2003 World Archery Championships, the 2001 World Archery Championships,World Championships
, Federation of Canadian Archers, accessed April 19, 2008. and many other events. At the 2007 World Championships in

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, MacDonald was a member of the Team Canada (along with

Jason Lyon Jason ("Jay") Lyon (born 24 May 1986 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is an archer from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian National archery team who has competed in the 2004 World Junior Archery Championships, 2005 World Senior Archery Championships, ...

and

Crispin Duenas Crispin Natanie Duenas (born January 5, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian recurve archer who represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Summe ...

) who won Canada's 3 Olympic spots by placing 8th in the Team Round. Canada has not had a full archery team in the Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta. MacDonald did not compete at the

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. He was defeated at the Canadian Olympic Trials by Jason Lyon, Crispin Duenas and JD Burns. MacDonald was the alternate if one of these members was not able to compete.

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1974 births Archers at the 2007 Pan American Games Canadian male archers Living people Sportspeople from Saskatoon University of Waterloo alumni Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in archery Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Archers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-archery-bio-stub