Lisa Olsen
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Medal record
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Updated on 21 September 2016 |
Lisa Olsen (born October 7, 1956) is a
Early life
Olsen originally studied at the
Career
Olsen won the Gold Medal in Women's Individual Accuracy at the XIX World Parachuting Championships in Sweden in 1988.[2] Although she had fewer jumps than some of her competitors, she edged out two women from China on the final jump.[3] In 1982, Olsen, along with teammates Brenda Blue, Kathy Kangas, Eileen Vaughan, and Bev Watson, won the Silver Medal in Women's Team Accuracy at the XVI World Parachuting Championships in Czechoslovakia—now Slovakia--[2] after which they posed in bikinis in a 1982 issue of CanPara (Canadian Parachutist).[4] This was the first time a team of Canadian women medaled at the world championships.[5][2] At the time, Olsen had about 800 jumps.[1]
She later moved to the
References
- ^ a b "Terror in the skies". Lethbridge Herald. July 29, 1983. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Canadian Medal Winners at the Past WPC's". Canadian Sport Parachuting Association. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ Aspen Times. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ CanPara Magazine, 1982
- ^ "Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame". Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. 1989. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ "Fourth World POPS meet June 3rd-9th 1997 - Aqaba, Jordan". Parachutists Over Phorty Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ Wagner, Tim. "2003 U.S. National Skydiving Championships". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
External links
- Canadian Sport Parachuting Association - Web page describing Lisa's individual and team medals at the World Parachuting Championships.
- Parachutists Over Phorty Society - Web page describing Lisa's placement in Hit'n'Rockat the 1997 POPS meet.