Garfield MacDonald explained

James Abram Garfield MacDonald (August 8, 1881 – November 6, 1951) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He was born in Lower South River, Nova Scotia. He competed for Canada in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London in the triple jump where he won the silver medal.^[1]

Sources

• News: Nova Scotia's first Olympic medalist: Garf Macdonald brought home silver in 1908 . . John . Brannen . February 20, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324231649/http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2014-02-20/article-3622813/Nova-Scotia%26rsquo%3Bs-first-Olympic-medalist%3A-Garf-Macdonald-brought-home-silver-in-1908/1 . March 24, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Garfield MacDonald . Olympedia . 12 March 2021.