{{short description|American sport shooter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Lanny Bassham |image=Lanny Bassham, 1976.jpg | image_size = 250px |caption= Bassham at the 1976 Olympics | fullname = Lanny Robert Bassham | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 2, 1947}} | birth_place = Comanche, Texas, U.S. | height = 175 cm | weight = 73 kg |sport=Shooting |event=Small-bore rifle |coach= |club=U.S. Army | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold | 1976 Montreal | Small-bore rifle, 3 positions }} {{MedalSilver | 1972 Munich | Small-bore rifle, 3 positions }} }}
'''Lanny Robert Bassham''' (born January 2, 1947) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
==Early life== Bassham was born in Comanche, Texas.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/lanny-bassham-1.html Lanny Bassham]. sports-reference.com</ref> He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1969, where he participated in the ROTC program.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720103225/http://www.armyrotc.uta.edu/Hall-of-Honor/bassham,lanny%20bio.doc Lanny Bassham Hall of Honor]. armyrotc.uta.edu</ref>
==Sport career== At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bassham won the silver medal in the mixed 50 m rifle three positions event.<ref name=db-ol>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BASSHLAN01 Profile: "Lanny Bassham"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010221302/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BASSHLAN01 |date=October 10, 2012 }}. ''databaseOlympics.com''. Retrieved January 13, 2008.</ref> Between 1972 and 1978, Lanny Bassham won three gold medals at the Pan American Games, Three Individual World Titles at the World Shooting Championships in 1974, World Champion in 50m three-position in The 1978 World shooting Championships, and a total of 22 world individual and team titles, setting four world records. At the 1974 World Shooting Championships in Thun Switzerland Lanny won 15 medals, the most any individual athlete has ever won in a single World Shooting Championships. At the 1976 Olympics, he tied for the gold medal with Margaret Murdock in the mixed 50m rifle three position event. Bassham suggested that both should be awarded gold medals as there was a tie score, but the judges placed him first based on the current tie-breaking procedure. At the awards ceremony, he asked Murdock to share the first place podium with him.<ref name=sr/> He ranks third in total medal count among all US International Shooters with 35 medals,{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} and is in the USA Shooting Hall of Fame.<ref name=hall-of-fame>{{cite web |url=https://www.usashooting.org/about/alumni-association/hall-of-fame/lanny-r-bassham |website=usashooting.org |title=Hall of Fame - Lanny R. Bassham |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
==Founder of Mental Management Systems== After the 1972 Olympics silver finish, Bassham sought classes in mental discipline under pressure. After failing to find such a seminar, Bassham created a system of mental control after interviewing Olympic gold medalists to discover their winning strategies. Bassham began to write books and teach courses in his methods under the name "Mental Management".<ref name=dmag /> For the past 40 years, he has provided "Mental Management" training programs to clients including PGA Tour golfers, Miss America finalists, CEOs, US Navy SEALs, SWAT teams, and the FBI.<ref name=dmag>{{cite magazine|title=Lanny Bassham Helps You Think Your Way To Success|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2009/april/lanny-bassham-helps-you-think-your-way-to-a-better-golf-game/|first=Curt|last=Sampson|magazine=D Magazine|date=April 2009|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref>
In addition, Bassham briefly headed the U.S. Olympic shooting team and has operated the company Mental Management Systems with his wife Helen in Flower Mound Texas since 1977.
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