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Former Canadian bobsled team member Ken Leblanc charged with extortion

Canadians Pierre Lueders (right), Ben Hindle (left), Ken LeBlanc (centre) and Mark LeBlanc (back right) push their sleigh at the start of the 4-Man World Cup Bobsled heats in Calgary, Sunday February 18, 2001. Former Canadian bobsled team member Leblanc has been charged with extortion.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

CALGARY - A former member of the Canadian bobsled team has been charged with extortion.

Ken Leblanc appeared in a Calgary court Wednesday on one charge.

Police allege Leblanc threatened a city resident and claimed he was owed over $100,000 from a failed business deal.

The 45-year-old was arrested Tuesday when the Calgary police's gangs and guns unit executed search warrants at two locations.

Leblanc, originally from Ottawa, was a brakeman for Canada at the 1988, 1992 and 2002 Winter Olympics.

His four-man crew finished fourth in 1992 in Albertville, France. Leblanc was also a brakeman for the four-man team piloted by Pierre Lueders in 2002, when they finished ninth.

Calgary police said a man contacted them in July to complain he was being threatened by an individual.

Leblanc's lawyer did not immediately return a phone message.

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