Lane Spina

Lane Spina
Personal information
Born 1962/1963 (age 52–53)[1]
Reno, Nevada, U.S.[1]
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Men's freestyle skiing
Medal record
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
1991 Lake Placid Acro Skiing
1986 Tignes Acro Skiing
1989 Oberjoch Acro Skiing
1993 Altenmarkt Acro Skiing

Lane Spina (born 1962 or 1963)[1] is an American freestyle skier who won two Olympic medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. He also won the Freestyle World Championships in 1991 in Lake Placid, New York. Spina was born and raised in Reno, Nevada, and graduated from Wooster High School.[1] 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[2]
1986 Acrobatics 2nd [2]
1987 Acrobatics 2nd [2]
1988 Acrobatics 2nd [2]
1989 Acrobatics 2nd [2]
1991 Acrobatics 2nd [2]
1992 Acrobatics 3rd [2]

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.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Murray, Chris (February 6, 2014). "Two decades later, Wooster High grad Lane Spina still cherishes his Olympic experience". RGJ.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Acro". Hickok Sports.
  3. ↑ Henry III, William A. (June 24, 2001). "It's A Kick, But Is It Olympian?". Time Magazine.
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