Daniel Lyons (rower)

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Daniel Lyons
Medal record
Men's rowing
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World Rowing Championships
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Munich M8+
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Copenhagen M4-

Daniel K. Lyons (born March 8, 1958, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania) is an American rower who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxed pair. [1]

Lyons has rowed on seven US National Teams, resulting in two world bronze medals, a world gold medal, and a gold medal at the Pan American Games. After winning 11 national rowing championships, he was inducted into the US Rowing Hall of Fame. [2] [3]

At the 1988 Olympic Games, his partner Robert Espeseth became sick and he finished in 11th place with a replacement partner. Lyons has also coached rowing since 1983 at the US Naval Academy, St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia, Oxford University, Stanford University, Drexel University, Georgetown University, and Penn Athletic Club in Philadelphia. [2]

In 1981, Lyons graduated from the United States Naval Academy. In 1987, he obtained a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University. In 1989, he was granted his master's degree in American history by Villanova University. He later also pursued a Ph.D. in military history from Temple University. [2] He has also taught history at the US Naval Academy and Rutgers University. [4]

Lyons is now the president of leadership consultants Team Concepts, [5] which counts Alcoa and Johnson & Johnson among its clients and 12 former Olympians on its staff.

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References

  1. "U.S. athletes have home advantages" Archived January 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine By Ben Brown, USA Today September 22, 1988
  2. 1 2 3 "Rowing teaches teamwork lessons" By Mike Mergen, USA Today. August 15, 2004
  3. "PENN AC FOURSOME MAKES ROWING HALL OF FAME" The Philadelphia Inquirer . January 24, 1997
  4. ""Daniel K. Lyons"". Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  5. "Trump calls picking Henry 'terrible mistake'" USA Today. February 20, 2004