Lana Gehring

{{short description|American short track speed skater}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox speed skater | name = Lana Gehring | image = | imagesize = | caption = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|21}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | height = 5 ft 9 in | weight = 137 lb | website = | country = {{USA}} | sport = Short track speed skating | club = U.S. National Racing Program | worldcup = | worldchamp = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's short track speed skating }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Vancouver | 3000 m relay }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 2012 Shanghai | 3000 m relay }} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Sofia | 3000 m relay }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Shanghai | 500 m }} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Heerenveen | Team }} {{MedalBronze | 2011 Warsaw | Team }} }}

'''Lana Gehring''' (born August 21, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American short track speed skater. She competed for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal as part of a relay team. She has qualified for a spot on the U.S. team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

==Career== At the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Gehring won a bronze medal as part of the 3000 m relay team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-3000-m-relay-finals_stw430100jr.html |title=Ladies' 3000 m Relay – final results |work=Vancouver 2010 Olympics |access-date=February 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219005330/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-3000-m-relay-finals_stw430100jr.html |archive-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> After failing to make the U.S. short track team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Gerhing retired from speed skating. She then began skating long track before returning to short track. In December 2017 she qualified for the U.S. short track team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/john-henry-krueger-lana-gehring-claim-first-spots-us-olympic-short-track-team |title=John-Henry Krueger, Lana Gehring claim first spots on U.S. Olympic short track team |work=NBC Olympics |access-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216092102/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/john-henry-krueger-lana-gehring-claim-first-spots-us-olympic-short-track-team |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125132526/http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID=302037&SportID=302&Personid=660327&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2.html#short |title=ISU profile at InfostradaSports.com |date=mdy}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021050719/http://sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Bio.aspx?ath=7254 |title=ISU profile at SportResult.com |date=mdy}} * [https://www.shorttrackonline.info/skaterbio.php?id=STUSA22108199001 Lana Gehring] at ShortTrackOnLine.info * {{Team USA|new_id=lana-gehring-829297|old_id=GE/Lana-Gehring|archive=20210828191146}} * {{Olympics.com|lana-gehring}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Instagram}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gehring, Lana}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:American female short-track speed skaters Category:Glenbrook South High School alumni Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in short-track speed skating Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Speed skaters from Chicago Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists