| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | High jump |
Gregory Andrew Joy (born April 23, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is an American-born Canadian high jumper who competed from 1973 to 1982 for Canada. He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Born in the U.S. to Canadian parents, Joy lived in Vancouver from age 9 to 17. For his achievement, Joy was voted the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada's top male athlete of 1976 and the Norton Crowe Award as Canada's top male amateur athlete of the year.
Joy's final successful jump from those games would be part of CBC's nightly sign-off montage.
He would later marry Sue Holloway, who won two canoe sprint medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
In 1995, he threw his hat in the political arena; he was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Ottawa West, in the 1995 Ontario General Elections, and finished second to Bob Chiarelli by 1,618 votes.