Frederick Lane's Birth Card: The 10 of Spades

In the record

Frederick Claude Vivian Lane (2 February 1880 – 14 May 1969) was an Australian swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The birth-card coordinate for February 2 is the 10 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Frederick Lane's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for Australia across 1900. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Frederick Lane (Q709511), not a reading of character. 1900 1900 Summer Olympics: gold in 1900 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1900: gold in swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1900: gold in swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre obstacle event in competitive swimming.

• 1900 1900 Summer Olympics — 1900 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
• 1900 swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
• 1900 swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – men's 200 metre obstacle event (competitive swimming)

The 10 of Spades coordinate

Frederick Lane was born February 2 (1880-02-02). Month 2 and day 2 give solar value 49, which is the 10 of Spades (The Completed Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1880 is unused. The 10 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Frederick Lane for Australia. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Spades, not a biography of Frederick Lane: You do the difficult curriculum in front of you without adding the ones that are not yours. You've thought deeply, questioned thoroughly, arrived at wisdom. Your mind is mature, integrated, complete. You have clarity and peace about your beliefs.

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Frederick Lane in the public record

Lane, from Manly, New South Wales, was four years old when his brother saved him from drowning in Sydney Harbour, whereupon he decided to learn to swim. Later, he attended high school at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview. After breaking many Australasian swimming records, Lane moved to England to compete in the English Championships in 1899. He was the first Australian to represent his country in swimming at the Olympic Games, when he competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, and won two gold medals. He first won the 200 metres freestyle, clearly beating Hungarian Zoltán Halmay. His second final was just 45 minutes later, the discontinued 200 metre obstacle event, where he beat Austrian Otto Wahle. Although an Australian, he represented the Amateur Swimming Association of Great Britain and competed for the British Blackpool Swimming Club. As he represented a British club, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) attributes his participation and medals to Great Britain.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Frederick Lane (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 10♠, Q♥, 4♥, 5♠, 4♦, 10♥, 5♣, 3♦, A♠, 7♥, 7♦, J♥, 9♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, K♦, 6♥, 4♣, 2♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a gold medal.

Also on the record

1. After the Olympics, Lane stayed in England for another two years working for a legal firm in Blackpool while he continued to swim and break records.
2. In July 1902, he won a 100-yard race and became the first person to record one minute dead for that distance.
3. In August, he swam 220 yards in 2 minutes 28.6 seconds, which in 1974 was ratified by FINA as the first World Record for 200 metres.
4. In October, he broke the one-minute barrier for 100 yards in 59.6 seconds.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Wally Ris — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Jean-François Lamour — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
• Zhong Tianshi — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in track cycling

FAQ

What is Frederick Lane's birth card?

The 10 of Spades. February 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Frederick Lane's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.

Where do Frederick Lane's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1880-02-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Frederick Lane, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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