Alfred Lane

Alfred Lane (1912)

Alfred Page Lane (born September 26, 1891 in New York City , † October 1965 there ) was an American sports marksman . He won five Olympic gold medals.

Lane began his career with the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association . At the age of 19, he won several US championship titles in 1911. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he won gold with the free pistol and with the rapid-fire pistol . He won a third gold medal in the team competition with the free pistol. In the team competition with the rapid-fire pistol, the American team was only fourth.

In the following years he won other US championship titles. At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Lane finished third with the free pistol. With the team, he won two more gold medals: with the free pistol and with the rapid-fire pistol.

After his career he worked in the advertising department of Remington . He later headed the photo department at a magazine publisher.

Alfred Lane is the only marksman who won the same Olympics with the free pistol and with the rapid-fire pistol. The Finn Pentti Linnosvuo also won gold in both disciplines, albeit eight years behind.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold . New York City 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4

Web links

Alfred Lane in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Lane, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lane, Alfred Page (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American marksman, Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	October 1965
Place of death	New York City