Mike Hazelwood

Michael Hazelwood MBE (born 14 April 1958) is a retired British water skier and a was the world overall champion in 1977.

In July 1978, Hazelwood scored 3,038 points to win men's overall title in the Masters waterskiing tournament at Callaway Gardens, Georgia.

In 1981 Britain hosted World Tournament Championships and Hazelwood won the gold in Jump.

From 1988, he ran a ski school in Lake Hamilton, Florida, until 1996, when he moved with his wife Renee, son Daniel and daughter Roxanne to Ocala.

In March 1993, Hazelwood developed a new ski that he believed could bring him success at the Carlsberg Masters and attempted a comeback.