Lane Spina

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Lane Spina
Personal information
Born (1962-01-03) 3 January 1962 (age 62)[1]
Reno, Nevada, U.S.[2]
Sport
Country United States
SportMen's freestyle skiing
Medal record
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Lake Placid Acro Skiing
Silver medal – second place 1986 Tignes Acro Skiing
Silver medal – second place 1989 Oberjoch Acro Skiing
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Altenmarkt Acro Skiing

Lane Spina (born 3 January 1962)

Wooster High School.[2] 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[3]
1986 Acrobatics 2nd [3]
1987 Acrobatics 2nd [3]
1988 Acrobatics 2nd [3]
1989 Acrobatics 2nd [3]
1991 Acrobatics 2nd [3]
1992 Acrobatics 3rd [3]

Olympics

Spina medaled both time ski ballet was held as an Olympic demonstration event; both at the 1988 and the 1992 Winter Olympics that were held in Calgary, Canada and Albertville, France, respectively. He won a silver medal in 1988 and a bronze medal in 1992.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Lane Spina: "Mr. Silver". December 1990. p. 44. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b Murray, Chris (February 6, 2014). "Two decades later, Wooster High grad Lane Spina still cherishes his Olympic experience". RGJ.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Acro". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Henry III, William A. (June 24, 2001). "It's A Kick, But Is It Olympian?". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.