Norman Lane (canoer)

Norman Lane (born Novmber 1919 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian canoeist.

Norman Lane canoed for the Balmy Beach Canoe Club, winning an Olympic Bronze medal for Canada in the 10,000 m singles in London in 1948. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2000/medal_tracker/history/countryathletes/Canada-M.html Olympics - Canada - Men] . CNNSI.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-08.] He won Canadian and North America titles right up to the age of 40. His brother, Kenneth Lane, won an Olympic Silver medal for Canada in the 10,000 m doubles in Helsinki in 1952. Norman also earned a PhD in Math and became a Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he worked until his retirement in 1988. He has 5 sons with his wife of over 60 years, Doris Lane, as well as 10 grandchildren. He is dearly loved by his family and continues to keep in shape by working out at his cottage near Kingston, Ontario in the summer months.

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