Lana Gehring

Lana Gehring ( born August 21, 1990 in Chicago) is an American speed skater and Shorttrackerin.

Gehring started at the age of 15 years for the first time at an international short-track major event, the Junior World Championship 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc. There, she managed with the season of the semi-finals in the individual competition she was eliminated early on. In the season 2006/ 07 they started for the first time in the short track speed skating World Cup in which they could celebrate a twelfth place about 500 meters as the best result. A year later, in the 2007/ 08 season, they even reached the final and thus a fifth place in Kobe about 500 m. Also about 1000 m, she managed the same as the Tenth World Cup a top 10 placement. For large events, they did not at the start, as in the previous season. In the World Cup 2008/ 09 Gehring reached with the squadron its first podium finishes, including a World Cup win in Dresden. In the World Team Championships in Heerenveen, she won bronze. In the following season 2009/10 they again reached several podium finishes in the relay. At the Olympic Games in Vancouver, it belonged to the American squadron. The squadron was first in the final fourth, but after the disqualification of the Koreans they got bronze awarded. At the World Championships in Sofia, she won bronze in the relay also. In the World Cup 2010/11 Gehring won over 1000 m and 1500 m their first World Cup race in single. She also won bronze at the World Team Championships in Warsaw. Gehring also denied a very successful season 2011/12. In the World Cup, she placed eight times on a pedestal rank, including wins over 1000 m and 1500 m at the last World Cup in Dordrecht. In the World Cup discipline Appreciation Gehring was about 1000 m and 1500 m Fourth third parties. At the World Championships in Shanghai, she won her first World Cup individual medal with bronze over 500m. With the season they also won the silver medal in the all around she finished eighth.

Parallel to the short-track speed skating career contests Gehring also competitions. After good results at the American Time Trials in 2005 in Minneapolis you get even with the national junior sprint and all-round championship in 2006 very decent results by was fourth twice. In December 2006, she finished sixth in the U.S. Sprint Championships in the adult area, shortly after she won even at the national juniors in this discipline. In the junior all-around world championship she missed as 17, although the Top 10, but was so convincing that she was nominated by the American Association for the Speed ​​Skating Sprint World Championships 2008. There, however, she could not place itself. Another success Gehring was the bronze medal at the U.S. Sprint Cup 2008 seniors. Gehring has now specializes in short track speed skating competitions.