Lane Spina

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Lane Spina
Medal record
Competitor for the  United States
Men’s Freestyle skiing
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold 1991 Lake Placid Acro Skiing
Silver 1986 Tignes Acro Skiing
Silver 1989 Oberjoch Acro Skiing
Bronze 1993 Altenmarkt Acro Skiing

Lane Spina is a two-time Olympian freestyle skier, who won two Olympic medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. He won the Freestyle World Championships in 1991 in Lake Placid, New York. Following his ski career, he went on to achieve academic degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Masters of Business Administration (MBA), from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Skiing competitions

Freestyle Skiing World Cup

Year Competition Place
1984 Acrobatics 3rd[1]
1986 Acrobatics 2nd [1]
1987 Acrobatics 2nd [1]
1988 Acrobatics 2nd [1]
1989 Acrobatics 2nd [1]
1991 Acrobatics 2nd [1]
1992 Acrobatics 3rd [1]

Olympics

Spina participated, and was on the winner stand in the Olympic Freestyle Ski events at both the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics that were held in Calgary, Canada and Albertville, France, respectively. He finished second (Silver) in 1988 and third (Bronze) in 1992.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Acro". Hickok Sports. 
  2. ↑ Henry III, William A. (2001-06-24 Jun. 24, 2001). "It's A Kick, But Is It Olympian?". Time Magazine. 
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