Gregory Andrew Joy (born April 23, 1956) is an American-born Canadian high jumper who stood 6' 4" tall and weighed 157 lbs while competing from 1973 to 1982 for Canada.

Born in the U.S. to Canadian parents, Joy lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, from age 9 to 17.

[3] For his achievement, Joy was voted the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada's top male athlete of 1976[4] and the Norton Crowe Award as Canada's top male amateur athlete of the year.

[5] Joy's final successful jump from those games would be part of CBC's nightly sign-off montage for decades.

[3] In 1995, he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Ottawa West, in the 1995 provincial election, finishing second to Bob Chiarelli by 1,618 votes.