Lisa Olsen
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Canada
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| Women's Parachuting | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1982 Lucenec, Czechoslovakia | Team Accuracy |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Sweden | Individual Accuracy |
Lisa Olsen is a Canadian-American skydiver.
Career
Olsen won the Gold Medal in Women's Individual Accuracy at the XIX World Parachuting Championships in Sweden in 1988.[1] In 1982, Olsen, along with teammates Brenda Blue, Kathy Kangas, Eileen Vaughn, and Bev Watson, won the Silver Medal in Women's Team Accuracy at the XVI World Parachuting Championships in Czechoslovakia—now Slovakia--[2] after which they posed in bikinis in a 1982 issue of CANPARA (Canadian Parachutist).[3]
She later moved to the United States and finished eighth in the Hit'n'Rock competition at the Parachutists Over Phorty Society meet in Jordan in 1997.[4] She also served as Chief Judge in Style & Accuracy at the 2004 US National Skydiving Championships.
References
- ↑ "Canadian Medal Winners at the Past WPC's". Canadian Sport Parachuting Association. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ↑ "Canadian Medal Winners at the Past WPC's". Canadian Sport Parachuting Association. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ↑ CANPARA Magazine, 1982
- ↑ "Fourth World POPS meet June 3rd-9th 1997 - Aqaba, Jordan". Parachutists Over Phorty Society. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
External links
- Canadian Sport Parachuting Association - Web page describing Lisa's individual and team medals at the World Parachuting Championships.
- Parachutists Over Phorty Society - Web page describing Lisa's placement in Hit'n'Rock at the 1997 POPS meet.
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