Greg Haydenluck (born July 7, 1958)[1] is a Canadian track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.
Track and field career
A native of Manitoba , Haydenluck competed as a sprinter while in high school . This included setting provincial records both in 200 (rural provincial) and 400 metres (rural provincial and provincial) events in 1977, records that still stood as of the 2004–05 school year.[2] His success as a sprinter earned him a scholarship to the University of South Dakota . While at South Dakota, Haydenluck switched to decathlon and earned All-American honors both in 1979 and in 1982.[3] He would earn Canada's national championship in the decathlon in 1985.[4]
Bobsleigh career
By the late 1980s Haydenluck had switched to bobsleigh . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he earned his best result of tenth in the two-man event at Calgary in 1988 Winter Olympics .[5] [6] [7] Haydenluck's best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup championships was second in the two-man event in 1989–90.[8] He retired after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville .[9]
Post career
As of 2006, Haydenluck was physical education teacher in Central Technical School .[9] He was inducted into the University of South Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.[10]
Haydenluck was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[11]
References
^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (November 2012). "Greg Haydenluck Biography and Olympic Results" . Olympics . Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-11-21 .
^ 2004-05 Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association track records featuring Haydenluck. Archived 2006-01-12 at the Wayback Machine - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ University of South Dakota All-American track and field honors: 1965-2006. [permanent dead link ] - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ List of Canadian national athletics champions. - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ 1988 bobslegh two-man results. - accessed March 29, 2008
^ 1988 bobsleigh four-man results. - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ 1992 bobsleigh two-man results. - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985. Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine - accessed March 16, 2008
^ a b February 19, 2006 Toronto Sun article featuring Haydenluck. Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ List of members in the University of South Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame: 1972-2007. Archived 2005-04-03 at the Wayback Machine - accessed March 29, 2008.
^ "Greg Haydenluck" . Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame - Honoured members database . Sport Manitoba. Retrieved 10 November 2021 .