Doug Anakin

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Olympic medal record
Bobsleigh
Gold 1964 Innsbruck Four-man

Douglas Thomas Anakin (born November 6, 1930) is a former Canadian bobsleigh athlete. He was born in Chatham, Ontario and was selected by Vic Emery as a member of Canada's gold medal-winning four-man bobsleigh team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Anakin was also one of the driving forces behind the Canadian luge program. He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

Anakin is married and has two children and four grandchildren.

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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Switzerland - Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi  • 1928 (five-man): United States - Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, & Richard Parke  • 1932: United States - Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray, & Jay O'Brien  • 1936: Switzerland - Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli  • 1948: United States - Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico  • 1952: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser  • 1956: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada - Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery  • 1968: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano  • 1972: Switzerland - Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Carmichel  • 1976: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann  • 1980: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt  • 1984: East Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner  • 1988: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker  • 1992: Austria - Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll  • 1994: Germany - Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig  • 1998: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel  • 2002: Germany - André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach  • 2006: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske
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