Lana Spreeman

Lana Spreeman (August 9, 1955 – November 29, 2016) was a Canadian athlete, who competed in alpine skiing at five Winter Paralympic Games. In her career, she won 13 medals for Canada, making her Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian until passed by cross country skier Brian McKeever, who earned his 14th medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[1]

Lana Spreeman

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1955-08-09)August 9, 1955 Olds, Alberta
Died	November 29, 2016(2016-11-29) (aged 61) Calgary, Alberta
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Alpine skiing
Coached by	Butch Boutry & Gary Aiken
Retired	Yes
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994
Medal record Women's Paralympic Alpine skiing 1980 Geilo Giant slalom 2A 1984 Innsbruck Downhill LW4 1984 Innabruck Giant slalom 1988 Innsbruck Slalom LW4 1992 Tignes-Albertville Super-G LW3,4,9 1992 Tignes-Albertville Slalom LW3,4,9 1994 Lillehammer Slalom LW3/4 1988 Innsbruck Downhill LW4 1992 Tignes-Albertville Downhill LW3,4,9 1992 Tignes-Albertville Giant slalom LW3,4,9 1994 Lillehammer Downhill LW3/4 1994 Lillehammer Super-G LW3/4 1994 Lillehammer Giant slalom LW3/4

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]

Spreeman died of brain cancer at the age of 61.^[3]

References

1. Hall, Vicki (March 12, 2018). "Brian McKeever's 'relentless' drive leads to historic Paralympic gold". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
2. "Labonté named flag bearer for Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic WinterGames opening ceremony".
3. "Lana SPREEMAN Obituary". Calgary Herald. December 3, 2016. Provided by legacy.com.

External links

• Canadian Paralympic Committee profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• Martin Cleary, "Disabled skiing a revelation", Ottawa Citizen, February 7, 1980. Mentions Spreeman.