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|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory Andrew Joy |
| Born | (1956-04-23)April 23, 1956 (age 69) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
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Gregory Andrew Joy (born April 23, 1956) is anAmerican-bornCanadianhigh jumper who stood 6' 4" tall and weighed 157 lbs while competing from 1973 to 1982 forCanada.
Born in the U.S. to Canadian parents, Joy lived inVancouver,British Columbia, from age 9 to 17.
Competing for theUTEP Miners track and field team, Joy won the 1975 and 1977high jump at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, with a best mark of 2.22 m at the 1977 edition.[1][2]
He won the silver medal in the high jump at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal, being the highest medal earned by Canada, which became the first host country in summer Olympics history not to produce at least one gold medal winner and later was selected tocarry Canada's flag at the closing ceremonies.[3]
For his achievement, Joy was voted the winner of theLionel Conacher Award as Canada's top male athlete of 1976[4] and the Norton Crowe Award as Canada's top male amateur athlete of the year.[5]
Joy's final successful jump from those games would be part ofCBC's nightlysign-offmontage for decades.[6]
He would later marrySue Holloway, who won twocanoe sprint medals at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles and also competed in the1976 Winter Olympics incross-country skiing.[3]
In 1995, he ran as aProgressive Conservative candidate in the riding ofOttawa West, in the1995 provincial election, finishing second toBob Chiarelli by 1,618 votes.
As of 2016, he was an adjudicator for the landlord and tenant board in Ottawa.[3]
