Kreg Llewellyn
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| Full name | Donald Kreg Llewellyn[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 11, 1967 Innisfail, Alberta | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 7, 2020 (aged 52) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Donald Kreg Llewellyn (born August 11, 1967) was a Canadian water skier. Llewellyn won a silver medal in each of Pan American Games Champion when he won gold in men's water skiing events at the games in slalom at the 1995 Pan American Games as well as in 1999. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.[2] Llewellyn was an innovator, having helped invent the skurfer a precursor to the wakeboard.[3] Llewellyn held 24 Canadian records and won 7 individual World Championship medals.[3] His brother Jaret Llewellyn is also a professional water skier with Pan American Games titles and his nephew Dorien Llewellyn is also a professional water skier.
References
[edit]- ^ "Donald Llewellyn obituary". Pennington Funeral Home. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Meet Innisfail's water-skiing dynasty: The Llewellyns". CBC News. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ a b "In Loving Memory of Kreg Llewellyn". Water Ski Canada. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Canadian water skiers
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in water skiing
- Water skiers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Water skiers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Canadian rowing biography stubs
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games