Orienteering Canada’s Board of Directors and High Performance Committee are excited to announce that Brent Langbakk is Orienteering Canada’s new part-time High Performance Director. Having a High Performance Director is an important step forward for Orienteering Canada. Brent will play a key role in developing a greater coaching culture in Canadian orienteering. We are also looking forward to being able to provide our elite athletes with stronger training support that is well aligned with our long term athlete development model.
Brent is a coach, former national team member, former Athletes’ Representative on Orienteering Canada’s Board of Directors and former Chairperson of the High Performance Committee. These experiences give Brent a unique perspective to help move Orienteering Canada’s high performance program forward. Brent is a great fit with this position because of his extensive coaching background and his in depth understanding of athlete development in orienteering. Brent will be working very closely with Orienteering Canada’s High Performance Committee.
Brent lives in Whitehorse, Yukon where he is an active member of the Yukon Orienteering Association. Brent was named Sport Yukon’s Coach of the Year in 2010.