Nationality Canadian Retired Yes Sport Alpine skiing | Country Canada Residence Calgary, Alberta Name Lana Spreeman | |
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Born August 9, 1955 (age 68) ( 1955-08-09 ) Olds, Alberta Coached by Butch Boutry & Gary Aiken | ||
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.
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.
Spreeman lost her battle with brain cancer at the age of 61.
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