Lana Spreeman
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 9, 1955 Olds, Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Butch Boutry & Gary Aiken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lana Spreeman (born August 9, 1955) is a Canadian athlete, who competed in alpine skiing at five Winter Paralympic Games. In her career, she won 13 medals for Canada.
She won the first ever Gold medal for Giant slalom 2A at the 1980 Winter Paralympics. At the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, she was the Canadian flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.[2]
References
- ↑ Wikipedia List of Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing. Main article: Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics.
- ↑ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/08/c8074.html
External links
- Canadian Paralympic Committee profile
- Martin Cleary, "Disabled skiing a revelation", Ottawa Citizen, February 7, 1980. Mentions Spreeman.