Harold Backer (born 20 November 1962 in Selkirk, Manitoba) is a Canadian former Olympic rower and financial advisor.
He participated in three Olympic Games for the Canadian rowing team: 1984 in Los Angeles, 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona.
[2] Backer established financial advisory firm Financial Backer Corp.[3] In 2015 he disappeared after allegedly setting up a pyramid scheme that ran into trouble.
wide search at the time, and was covered in an episode of The Fifth Estate.
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