Norman Lane

{{Short description|Canadian canoeist (1919–2014)}}

:See also Norlane, Victoria, named after Norman Lane, an Australian serviceman

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{{MedalSport|Men's Canoe sprint}}

{{MedalBronze|1948 London|C-1 10000 m}}

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Norman D. Lane (November 6, 1919 – August 6, 2014) was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-1 10,000 m event at London in 1948. He competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and finished fifth. His brother Ken Lane was a medallist at the 1952 Games in sprint canoe.

Born in Toronto in 1919, Lane earned a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, and was a distinguished professor of Mathematics at McMaster University from 1952 to 1987.{{cite web | url=http://www.marauders.ca/sports/2011/3/28/Olympians.aspx?path=history | title=McMaster Olympians | publisher=McMaster University | accessdate=July 28, 2012}} He and his wife, Doris, had five sons: Douglas, Brian, Stephen, Alan, and Christopher.{{cite web|title=LANE, Dr. Norman Douglas Lane Obituary|url=http://www.canadianobituaries.com/dr-norman-douglas-lane-obituary-august-6-2014.html|website=CanadianObituaries.com|publisher=Canadian Obituaries|accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903052234/http://www.canadianobituaries.com/dr-norman-douglas-lane-obituary-august-6-2014.html|archive-date=3 September 2014}} Lane died in Hamilton, Ontario on August 6, 2014, aged 94.{{cite web|title=Deaths: Dr. Normal D. Lane|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20140809.93347510/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|website=www.theglobeandmail.com|publisher=Globe and Mail|accessdate=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204604/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20140809.93347510/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead}}