Ralf Emil Olin (April 12, 1925 – May 25, 2007) was an American-born

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who represented Canada at the Olympics. Olin competed in four Olympic Games -

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

. His best result was a 15th-place finish in the

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in 1964. He was the Canadian flag bearer in the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was born in

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. In December 1962, he conducted the Canadian national team during a six-week training project in Sweden.Skater Joanne Fath Leaving For Europe
Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), p. 22, 19 December 1962

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* 1925 births 2007 deaths Canadian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Canada Speed skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Seattle 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub