Jaret Llewellyn

{{Short description|Canadian water skier}}

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| sport = Waterskiing

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|27}}

| birth_place = Innisfail, Alberta{{cite web|title=Jaret Llewellyn profile |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/jaret-llewellyn/ |website=Canadian Olympic Committee |date=2 June 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2021}}

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| height = 167 cm

| weight = 68 kg

| spouse = Britta Grebe

| country = Canada

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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold| 1999 Winnipeg|Tricks}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Santo Domingo|Tricks}}

{{MedalGold| 2007 Rio de Janeiro|Jumps}}

{{MedalGold| 2007 Rio de Janeiro|Tricks}}

{{MedalSilver| 1999 Winnipeg|Jumps}}

{{MedalSilver| 2003 Santo Domingo|Jumps}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Toronto|Tricks}}

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Jaret Llewellyn (born 27 July 1970) is a retired Canadian water skier. Llewellyn is a four-time Pan American Games Champion when he won gold in men's water skiing events at the games in 1999, 2003, and 2 gold at the 2007 games.{{cite web |title=Meet Innisfail's water-skiing dynasty: The Llewellyns |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/llewellyn-water-skiing-dynasty-alberta-1.5234920 |website=CBC News |date=2 August 2019 |access-date=2021-03-24}} He won two silver medals at the 2015 Pan American Games while competing at the age of 44, just one week shy of his birthday.{{cite news |title=Canadian Jaret Llewellyn still walking on water at age 45 |author=Mark Zwolinski |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/23/canada-wins-record-65th-pan-am-gold-in-womens-waterski-slalom.html |website=Toronto Star |date=July 23, 2015 |access-date=2021-03-25}} He is an 11-time world champion, 12-time Pan American Games medalist, and owns a record 117 professional titles. His son Dorien Llewellyn is also a professional water skier with Pan American Games titles and his older brother Kreg Llewellyn was also a professional water skier.

Notable accomplishments

= World records =

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! colspan="4" |World Jump Records

63.0 m

|May 23, 1992

|Robin Lake

|Pine Mountain, GA

68.3 m

|June 19, 1999

|Austin Aquaplex

|Austin, TX

70.3 m

|August 29, 1999

|Lacanau

|Lacanau France

71.7 m

|September 29, 2002

|McCormick's

|Seffner, FL

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! colspan="7" |World Overall Records

2676.98 pts

|August 7, 2000

|3 @ 11.25 m

|10,740 pts

|66.8 m

|Yarra River

|Edmonton Canada

2818.01 pts

|September 29, 2002

|5 @ 11.25 m

|10,730 pts

|71.7 m

|McCormick's

|Seffner, FL

= Major titles =

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! colspan="2" |Major Trick Titles

World Championship Titles

|1999

Moomba Masters Titles

|1999, 2004, 2005

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! colspan="2" |Major Jump Titles

World Championship Titles

|1999, 2001, 2005

Pro Tour Titles

|1998, 1999, 2001

Masters Titles

|1998, 2002, 2003, 2004

Moomba Masters Titles

|2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009

U.S. Open Titles

|2007

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! colspan="2" |Major Overall Titles

World Championship Titles

|2001, 2007

Masters Titles

|1992, 1993, 1999, 2000

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References