Jamie Gregg (born March 18, 1985, in

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) is a Canadian

long track speed skater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

. Gregg was ranked 10th in overall World Cup standings for the 2009–10 season. He is set to compete for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 500 m.CTV "Team Canada" Profile
/ref> At the Olympics, Gregg competed in the

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where he finished 8th in the 500 m as the top North American skater, one spot ahead of

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. He also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Gregg's younger sister

Jessica Gregg Jessica Gregg (born March 16, 1988) is a former Canadian short track speed skater. Personal life Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Jessica comes from a strong pedigree of skaters as her mother Kathy Vogt was a two time Olympian in the sport and her fa ...

also competed at the 2010 Olympics although she competed in

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Personal life

Gregg's father is five times

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champion and Canadian former Olympian

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player Randy Gregg. His mother

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participated in long track speed skating for Canada at the

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and

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. His sister Sarah Gregg is a former international speed skater and

is a national team

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and he is married to Canadian speed skater Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg. Gregg is currently a third year in medical school at the University of Alberta, set to graduate in 2019.

References

1985 births Living people Canadian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Canada Speed skaters from Edmonton 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub