title: Mel LaForme
text: # Mel LaForme
  
  Melvin LaForme (born February 6, 1953) is a Canadian rower.
  
  ## Biography
  
  LaForme was born in Buffalo, New York in 1953. He represented Canada in the men's eight at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where the team came eighths. He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel with the men's quadruple sculls. He represented Canada in the quad scull at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
  
  