- Greg Haydenluck
Greg Haydenluck (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian athlete and
bobsled der who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s.Athletic career
A native of
Manitoba , Haydenluck competed as a sprinter while inhigh school . This included setting provincial records both in 200 (rural provinicial) and400 metres (rural provincial and provinicial) events in 1977, records that still stood as of the 2004-05 school year. [ [http://www.mhsaa.mb.ca/pages/sports/track/track_records.php 2004-05 Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association track records featuring Haydenluck.] - accessed March 29, 2008.] His success as a sprinter earned him ascholarship to theUniversity of South Dakota . While at South Dakota, Haydenluck switched todecathlon and earnedAll American honors both in 1979 and in 1982. [ [http://www.usd.edu/track/alumni/all-Americans.cfm University of South Dakota All American track and field honors: 1965-2006.] - accessed March 29, 2008.] He would earn Canada's national championship in the decathlon in 1985. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/can.htm List of Canadian national athletics champions.] - accessed March 29, 2008.]Bobsleigh career
By the late 1980s, Haydenluck switched to
bobsleigh . Competing in twoWinter Olympics , he earned his best result of tenth in the two-man event atCalgary in1988 Winter Olympics . [ [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1988 bobslegh two-man results.] - accessed March 29, 2008] [ [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 1988 bobsleigh four-man results.] - accessed March 29, 2008.] [ [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1992w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1992 bobsleigh two-man results.] - accessed March 29, 2008.] Haydenluck's best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup championships was second in the two-man event in 1989-90. [ [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985.] - accessed March 16, 2008] He retired after the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville . [http://www.sportmatters.ca/Groups/News%20and%20SMG%20Releases/TheStar%20-Feb%2019-%20Investing%20in%20Gold.htm February 19, 2006 "Toronto Sun" article featuring Haydenluck.] - accessed March 29, 2008.]Later career
As of 2006, Haydenluck was
physical education teacher inToronto . He would inducted into the University of South Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. [ [http://www.usdcoyotes.com/info/halloffame/ List of members in the University of South Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame: 1972-2007.] - accessed March 29, 2008.]References
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