BIOGRAPHY
Park City's TJ Lanning was the top-ranked junior in the world in his age group for slalom and super G in 2001. However, injuries have kept him from reaching the potential he showed early in his career. With multiple top-10 finishes at the World Cup level and a trip to the World Championships, Lanning has the speed to land on the podium. The only question still up in the air is when.
UPDATE
Lanning recovered extremely well from a 2008 meniscus tear to absolutely crush the first two months of the '09 season. After scoring a career-best ninth in downhill at the opening race in Lake Louise, Lanning went on to score at four more races including a 10th at the famed Saslong Classic downhill in Val Garden, Italy, where he was one of a historical five U.S. men to finish in the top 10. It was the best day in U.S. Ski Team history. Lanning was poised to keep the trend going through the season and feeling super strong when a mistake off the Hausberg jump during the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuehel resulted in a torn ACL and the end to what would have been an even more successful season. Regardless of the injury, Lanning still finished the season in the World Cup top 25 for downhill and super G, despite not racing the final three months of the winter. No stranger to the recovery routine, Lanning was right back in Park City at the newly opened Center of Excellence to take full advantage of the best recovery facility in Olympic sport. And as coaches report – he'll be ready to roll when Lake Louise comes knocking in November.
FIRST TRACKS
He began skiing at 3 and, as he worked his way from the Farm Team to the “big leagues” with the Park City Ski Team, Lanning was one of the nation’s most-watched juniors as he rolled into his teens. In 1999, Lanning was the super G champ and silver medalist in slalom at the Western J3 JOs. During the ’01 season, he was ranked No. 1 in the world for his age group in slalom and super G.
FIRST WORLD CUP
Nov. 22, 2002 at Park City, UT (did not qualify for 2nd run)
OLYMPICS/WORLDS
2007 Worlds - 20th in super combined, 34th in SG, 41st in DH
CHALLENGES
2009 – Torn ACL during the Kitzbuehel downhill ended his season in mid January. 2008 – Bone bruise on his left femur. 2005 - Ruptured two disks in his back in November, missed the rest of the season; corrective surgery in April 2005. 2004 - Hooked a slalom tip in Europe and sustained right ankle injury in Europe ended his season in mid-January, knocked him out of JWCs. 2003 – Torn left ACL and meniscus, the first major injury of his career, when he hit a rut in flat light before a Europa Cup GS in Saas Fee, Switzerland, in mid-January.
I AM
Always cracking jokes…Golf, waterskiing, wakeboarding - and bird hunting each fall in South Dakota...Baseball and soccer in high school...Living the life of a Montana cowboy, only skiing.
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12/03/2009
Lanning Surgery Successful
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12/01/2009
UPDATE: Lanning Recovering in Vail
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11/29/2009
TJ Lanning Injury Updated
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11/28/2009
Lanning Injured in Lake Louise Downhill
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01/22/2009
It's Hahenkamm Weekend in Austria
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12/26/2008
Lanning to Miss Bormio DH
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12/05/2008
U.S. Men Breakdown Birds
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12/04/2008
Birds of Prey Downhill is Ready!
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12/03/2008
Beaver Creek Kicks Off Friday
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11/29/2008
Lanning Leads With Career Best
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10/14/2008
Sully, Mac, TJ Kart Race
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09/12/2008
TJ Lanning is 'keeping it professional'
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08/07/2008
2009 U.S. Alpine Ski Team Named
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05/01/2008
RECAP: 2008 Brings Success to Alpine Team
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03/24/2008
Cook, Lanning Downhill Champs
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02/21/2008
Nyman leads U.S. in Olympic SG Test Run
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