Norman Lane

Canadian canoeist (1919–2014)

See also Norlane, Victoria, named after Norman Lane, an Australian serviceman

Olympic medal record
Men's Canoe sprint
	1948 London	C-1 10000 m

Norman D. Lane (November 6, 1919 – August 6, 2014) was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-1 10,000 m event at London in 1948. He competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and finished fifth. His brother Ken Lane was a medallist at the 1952 Games in sprint canoe.

Born in Toronto in 1919, Lane earned a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, and was a distinguished professor of Mathematics at McMaster University from 1952 to 1987.^[1] He and his wife, Doris, had five sons: Douglas, Brian, Stephen, Alan, and Christopher.^[2] Lane died in Hamilton, Ontario on August 6, 2014, aged 94.^[3]

References

^ "McMaster Olympians". McMaster University. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
^ "LANE, Dr. Norman Douglas Lane Obituary". CanadianObituaries.com. Canadian Obituaries. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ "Deaths: Dr. Normal D. Lane". www.theglobeandmail.com. Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.