- David Lyons (swimmer)
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David Lyons Personal information Full name David Chandler Lyons Nationality United States Born January 23, 1943
Chicago, IllinoisSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle College team Yale University Medal recordPan American Games Gold 1963 São Paulo 4×200 m freestyle David Lyons (born January 23, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former swimmer from the United States, who competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He won the gold medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay event at the 1963 Pan American Games. Lyons early competitive swimming was at New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL, under coach Dave Robertson. He was part of the high school national championship team in 1961. The team later placed third in the 1961 AAU championships. In 1961, he was the ssecond swimmer to go under 1:50 for the 200 yard freestyle, Steve Clark of Yale doing it one day earlier. After New Trier, Lyons swam at Yale. Lyons later earned both MBA and M.D. degrees.
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Pan American Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner) • 1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane) • 1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters) • 1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend) • 1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz) • 1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl) • 1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington) • 1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines) • 1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines) • 1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell) • 1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl) • 1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess) • 1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker) • 2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum) • 2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira) • 2011: United States (Dwyer, Robison, Houchin, Patton)
Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Yale Bulldogs swimmers
- American swimming biography stubs
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