Doug Anakin
Douglas Thomas Anakin (born November 6, 1930) is a former Canadian bobsleigh competitor. 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.
During his 35 years of teaching, Doug taught and coached 19 years at John Abbott College in Montreal retiring in 1990. Because of his involvement at the school, his commitment to his community, and his passion for outdoor activities, the school established the "Doug Anakin Scholarship for Outdoor Pursuits" which is presented annually to a student who best demonstrates Doug’s traits.
Operated Doug Anakin Sports in Beaconsfield, a sports store specializing in outdoor sports.
Anakin is married and has two children and four grandchildren.
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1924: Switzerland ( Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi) • 1928 (five-man): United States ( Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke) • 1932: United States ( Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & 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 Camichel) • 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) • 2010: United States ( Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
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Anakin, Doug |
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Canadian bobsledder |
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November 6, 1930 |
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