Lecky Haller

Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller (born 2 August 1957 in Glencoe, Maryland) is an American slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 1983), two silvers (C2: 1987, C2 team: 1983) and a bronze (C2 team: 1985).

Lecky Haller

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  United States
World Championships
	1983 Merano	C2
	1983 Meran	C2 team
	1987 Bourg St.-Maurice	C2
	1985 Augsburg	C2 team

He first attended Johns Hopkins University as a freshman lacrosse recruit. However, he transferred to Washington College for his remaining three years where he continued his lacrosse career. Haller also pledged Phi Gamma Delta or, FIJI, and was his class's PCP. In 1979 he became an All American honorable mention, and in 1980 he made the first team for All American Lacrosse. Lecky graduated from Washington College in 1981 with a bachelor's in history. After graduation, Haller started his paddling career until 1992. He worked briefly as a 7th grade teacher at French Broad River Academy in Asheville. He currently works at Asheville School, In Asheville, North Carolina. While working at this institution he has held many jobs including, football coach, ski team instructor, head men's lacrosse coach, and mountaineering staff. Currently, Haller works as the Assistant Director of the Mountaineering department and leads the ski team on their trips to the semi-local ski resort Cataloochee. He is a 15-time National Champion and a two-time Olympian.^[1]

Haller also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the C2 event in Barcelona in 1992. In 1996 he was ranked Number 1 in the world for men's C2.

In 1988 he won the inaugural overall World Cup title in the C2 category partnering Jamie McEwan, who was his C2 partner until 1992. He was also partnered by his younger brother Fritz Haller and Matt Taylor during his career.

His ex-wife, Cathy Hearn, and his ex-brother-in-law, David Hearn, also competed in canoe slalom for the United States.

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
C2	2	7	3	12

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1989	15 August 1989	Augsburg	2nd	C2
	20 August 1989	Tacen	2nd	C2
1990	26 August 1990	Tacen	2nd	C2
1991	25 August 1991	Minden	2nd	C2
1992	20 June 1992	Bourg St.-Maurice	2nd	C2
1993	31 August 1993	Ocoee	3rd	C2
1994	18 September 1994	Asahi, Aichi	1st	C2
1995	25 June 1995	Prague	1st	C2
	1 October 1995	Ocoee	2nd	C2
1996	16 June 1996	Augsburg	2nd	C2
	29 September 1996	Três Coroas	3rd	C2
1998	2 August 1998	Wausau	3rd	C2