TJ Lanning
TJ Lanning 
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| Full name | Thomas Lanning | ||||||||||
| nation |
 United States
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| birthday | 27th August 1984 (age 36) | ||||||||||
| place of birth | Helena , United States | ||||||||||
| size | 188 cm | ||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg | ||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , Super-G , combination | ||||||||||
| society | Park City Ski Team | ||||||||||
| status | not active | ||||||||||
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Thomas ("TJ") Lanning (born August 27, 1984 in Helena , Montana ) is a retired American ski racer . He specialized in the downhill , super-G and super-combined disciplines.
biography
Lanning learned to ski at the age of three. In 1999 he won the Super G of the Whistler Cup . In December of the same year he took part in the FIS races for the first time , and from November 2000 he played in the Nor-Am Cup . As a teenager, Lanning was one of the most promising talents of all. In 2000/01 he was ranked first in his age category worldwide in the slalom and super-G disciplines . Due to various injuries, he was unable to achieve his potential for several years. On November 22, 2002, he competed in his first World Cup race, the giant slalom in Park City (where he now lives). He had to stop the three following seasons after just a few races.
On December 20, 2006, Lanning won the first World Cup points as 19th in the Super-G in Hinterstoder . At the super combined in Beaver Creek on November 29, 2007, he was among the top ten, three months later he was American downhill champion. His best results so far in the World Cup are two 9th places, achieved in the runs from Lake Louise on November 29, 2008 and from Val Gardena on December 20, 2008. In January 2009 he fell on the Hahnenkamm run in Kitzbühel and had to end the season due to a knee injury quit early.
After the injury break, he fell badly on November 28, 2009 in the downhill race in Lake Louise. He suffered a dislocation of his left knee and a fractured cervical vertebra and was not able to participate in any further races. In the 2012/13 season he worked as a trainer for the US ski team for the first time.
successes
World championships
- Åre 2007 : 20th super combination
Junior World Championships
- Verbier 2001 : 23rd departure, 29th departure
- Tarvisio 2002 : 16th Super-G, 26th Downhill
World cup
- 3 placements among the top 10
Continental Cups
- Nor-Am Cup season 2005/06 : 8th place overall ranking, 2nd place giant slalom ranking
- 5 podium places in the Nor-Am Cup
- 1 win in the European Cup
More Achievements
- 6 victories in FIS races
- 1 US championship title (departure 2008)
Web links
- TJ Lanning in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- TJ Lanning in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Portrait on usskiteam.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=2096 Lanning Surgery Successful. www.usskiteam.com, December 3, 2009 (English). (Web link no longer available)
- ↑ After a career filled with misfortune, TJ Lanning finds a new path. ParkRecord.com, May 18, 2012, accessed on March 11, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lanning, TJ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lanning, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helena (Montana) , United States |