John Laurence Oliver (born 12 January 1943) is a British canoe sprinter who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.
His father John was a local police sergeant, who served in the Army in Africa in the war, and lived at 69 Westfield Drive in North Greetwell.
Laurence Oliver was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
At his third and final Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.
He married Beryl Wilson at City Hall in early November 1976.