Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller (born 2 August 1957 in

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) is an American slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. He won four medals at the

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with a gold (C2:

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), two silvers (C2:

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, C2 team: 1983) and a bronze (C2 team:

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). He attended

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where he played lacrosse. In 1979 he became an All American honorable mention, and in 1980 he made the first team for All American Lacrosse. Lecky graduated from Washington College in 1981 and until 2012 a 7th grade teacher at French Broad River Academy in Asheville. Now he is a Football, Wrestling, Ski and lacrosse coach at The Asheville School in North Carolina. He is a 15-time National Champion and a two-time Olympian. Haller also competed in two

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, earning his best finish of fourth in the C2 event in

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. In 1996 he was ranked Number 1 in the world for men's C2. In 1988 he won the inaugural overall

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title in the C2 category partnering Jamie McEwan, who was his C2 partner until 1992. He was also partnered by his younger brother Fritz Haller and Matt Taylor during his career. His ex-wife, Cathy Hearn, and his ex-brother-in-law, David Hearn, also competed in canoe slalom for the

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World Cup individual podiums

References

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Jacob Haller at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

External links

* * 1957 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of the United States Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Sportspeople from Baltimore County, Maryland {{US-canoe-bio-stub