Lana Jo Chapin
Sport
Country United States
SportAlpine skiing
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Innsbruck Downhill LW4
Silver medal – second place 1988 Innsbruck Giant slalom LW4
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Innsbruck Downhill LW4

Lana Jo Chapin is an American Paralympic alpine skier. She represented the United States in Para-alpine skiing at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. She won three medals, including two silver and a bronze.[1]

Career

At the 1984 Winter Paralympics, Chapin finished third, winning the bronze medal in the LW4 downhill race, with a time of 1:19.76,. On the podium, in 1st place, the German Reinhild Möller (in 1: 13.01) and in 2nd place the Canadian Lana Spreeman (in 1: 17.97).[2]

At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, in Innsbruck, Chapin won two silver medals: in the giant slalom ( gold medal for Reinhild Möller and bronze for Beatrice Berthet ),[3]  and downhill (in 1st place Möller and in 3rd place Lana Spreeman). Both races took place in the LW4 category.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Lana Jo Chapin – Alpine Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Innsbruck 1984 – alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Innsbruck 1988 – alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-lw4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Innsbruck 1988 – alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
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