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Daniel Lyons

b. 1958

American rower

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Born 1958. Daniel Lyons is an American rower.

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.

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.

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.

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

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University of Oxford, Villanova University, United States Naval Academy
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Rutgers University, United States Naval Academy

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Who is Daniel Lyons?

American rower

When was Daniel Lyons born?

Daniel Lyons was born on 8 March 1958 in Upper Darby Township.

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Daniel Lyons is a rower.

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Daniel Lyons is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniel Lyons

· Wikidata: Q5217986

· DBpedia: Daniel Lyons (rower)

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