Greg Barton
Greg Barton
Birthdate: December 2, 1959
Married to Justine Barton and has two daughters, Kendall, 9 and Hayley, 11
Height: 5’11″
Weight: 175 lbs.
Favorite Sports Drink: Cytomax
Favorite Training Device: Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS/Heart monitor
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SPRINT KAYAK COMPETITIONS
Double Olympic Gold Medalist (K-1 and K-2 1000 meters), Seoul, Korea, 1988
Olympic Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Barcelona, Spain, 1992
Olympic Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Los Angeles, CA, 1984
World Champion (K-1 10,000 meters) and Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Paris, France, 1991
Double World Champion (K-1 1000 meters and 10,000 meters), Duisburg, West Germany, 1987
Double Pan Am Games Champion (K-1 and K-2 1000 meters), Indianapolis, IN, 1987
World Champion (K-1 10,000 meters), Hazewinkel, Belgium, 1985
World Masters Games Champion (K-1 500 meters, 1000 meters and 10,000 meters), Portland, OR, 1998
Winner of more than 50 U.S. National Championship Titles
OPEN WATER KAYAK / OUTRIGGER CANOE RACES
Winner of USA Surf Ski nationals, 2003 and 2004
Winner of Finlandia Clean Water Challenge — Chicago to New York City, 1994
Winner of Hawaiian State Surf Ski Championships, Honolulu, HI, 1995
Winner of Sea Trek Alcatraz Island Race, Sausalito, CA, 1993, 1995, 1997
Winner of Molokai to Oahu Outrigger Canoe Challenge (Team Offshore), 1989
MAJOR MARATHON CANOE CHAMPIONSHIPS
U.S. Canoe Association Marathon National Champion
C-2 men’s category 1983, ’84, ’89, ’93, ’94
C-2 mixed category 1982, ’84, ’89
K-1 downriver category 1976,’77
Winner of General Clinton Canoe Race, Cooperstown, NY, 1996, 1997
Winner of Classique International de Canots de la Mauricie, Shawinigan, QC, 1996, 1997
SPECIAL HONORS
Selected as “100 Golden Olympians” for 1996 Olympic Games
First American to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Kayaking
Won more Olympic medals than any other American in sport of Canoe/Kayak
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2007
Sullivan Award Finalist, 1988
Olympia Award Recipient, 1986
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors and Athlete’s Advisory Council, 1997 – 2000
Member of Selection Committee for National and Olympic Sprint Canoe/Kayak Teams, 1995 – ’96
Chairman of Sports Science and Technology Committee for U.S. Canoe/Kayak Teams, 1992 – ’96
SPEAKING/ANNOUNCING HIGHLIGHTS
1996 Olympic Games Announcer for Sprint Canoe/Kayak Venue, Gainesville, GA
Keynote speaker for numerous meetings, events, and fundraisers, 1988-2006
CAREER AND ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
President, Epic Kayaks, Inc. – Manufacturer of high-performance kayaks and paddles
Graduated summa cum laude from University of Michigan, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1983
High School Salutatorian, National Honor Society, Honor Athlete
Greg Barton
Birthdate: December 2, 1959
Married to Justine Barton and has two daughters, Kendall, 9 and Hayley, 11
Height: 5’11″
Weight: 175 lbs.
Favorite Sports Drink: Cytomax
Favorite Training Device: Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS/Heart monitor
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SPRINT KAYAK COMPETITIONS
- Double Olympic Gold Medalist (K-1 and K-2 1000 meters), Seoul, Korea, 1988
- Olympic Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Barcelona, Spain, 1992
- Olympic Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Los Angeles, CA, 1984
- World Champion (K-1 10,000 meters) and Bronze Medalist (K-1 1000 meters), Paris, France, 1991
- Double World Champion (K-1 1000 meters and 10,000 meters), Duisburg, West Germany, 1987
- Double Pan Am Games Champion (K-1 and K-2 1000 meters), Indianapolis, IN, 1987
- World Champion (K-1 10,000 meters), Hazewinkel, Belgium, 1985
- World Masters Games Champion (K-1 500 meters, 1000 meters and 10,000 meters), Portland, OR, 1998
- Winner of more than 50 U.S. National Championship Titles
OPEN WATER KAYAK / OUTRIGGER CANOE RACES
- Winner of USA Surf Ski nationals, 2003 and 2004
- Winner of Finlandia Clean Water Challenge — Chicago to New York City, 1994
- Winner of Hawaiian State Surf Ski Championships, Honolulu, HI, 1995
- Winner of Sea Trek Alcatraz Island Race, Sausalito, CA, 1993, 1995, 1997
- Winner of Molokai to Oahu Outrigger Canoe Challenge (Team Offshore), 1989
MAJOR MARATHON CANOE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- U.S. Canoe Association Marathon National Champion
- C-2 men’s category 1983, ’84, ’89, ’93, ’94
- C-2 mixed category 1982, ’84, ’89
- K-1 downriver category 1976,’77
- Winner of General Clinton Canoe Race, Cooperstown, NY, 1996, 1997
- Winner of Classique International de Canots de la Mauricie, Shawinigan, QC, 1996, 1997
SPECIAL HONORS
- Selected as “100 Golden Olympians” for 1996 Olympic Games
- First American to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Kayaking
- Won more Olympic medals than any other American in sport of Canoe/Kayak
- Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2007
- Sullivan Award Finalist, 1988
- Olympia Award Recipient, 1986
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
- U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors and Athlete’s Advisory Council, 1997 – 2000
- Member of Selection Committee for National and Olympic Sprint Canoe/Kayak Teams, 1995 – ’96
- Chairman of Sports Science and Technology Committee for U.S. Canoe/Kayak Teams, 1992 – ’96
SPEAKING/ANNOUNCING HIGHLIGHTS
- 1996 Olympic Games Announcer for Sprint Canoe/Kayak Venue, Gainesville, GA
- Keynote speaker for numerous meetings, events, and fundraisers, 1988-2006
CAREER AND ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- President, Epic Kayaks, Inc. – Manufacturer of high-performance kayaks and paddles
- Graduated summa cum laude from University of Michigan, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1983
- High School Salutatorian, National Honor Society, Honor Athlete
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