Harold Backer

Harold Backer is a Canadian former Olympic rower and financial advisor.

Olympic rowing

He participated in three Olympic Games for the Canadian rowing team: 1984 in Los Angeles, 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona.
After retirement as an Olympic athlete, he became a rowing coach.

Backer established financial advisory firm Financial Backer Corp. In 2015 he disappeared after allegedly setting up a pyramid scheme that ran into trouble. His disappearance caused a B.C. wide search at the time, and was covered in an episode of The [Fifth Estate |The Fifth Estate].
In April 2017 he turned himself in to the police.