John MacDonald (born 9 December 1965) is a

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who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the

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. Four years later in

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, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and K-1 1000 m events.

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