Wayne LeBombard

Wayne LeBombard grew up near Milwaukee and attended Nathan Hale High School. He competed for the West Allis Speed Skating Club (WASSC) and was a five-time Wisconsin 2-mile champion. LeBombard also competed in cycling, winning the 1963 Wisconsin and Midwest road championship. LeBombard competed at two Winter Olympics, the 1966 World All-Around, failing to qualify for the 10,000, and the 1970 World Sprint Championships, placing 22nd. He later became a salesman, and worked various odd jobs, including for a moving company and a bike shop. In 1987 he was arrested and sentenced to 45 days in jail for stealing money from the bike shop, and was placed on probation for drug use and ordered to undergo drug rehab.

Wayne’s father, Lyle LeLombard, was a long time coach at the WASSC, where at some point in their career he coach Olympic champions Casey FitzRandolph, Dan Jansen and Terry McDermott. Lyle was also a noted ice maker at rinks across the United States, and was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame in 2014.

Personal Bests: 500 – 40.66 (1970); 1,000 – 1:24.8 (1970); 1,500 – 2:11.1 (1968); 5,000 – 7:58.0 (1972); 10,000 – 16:59.8 (1964).