- Chuck Lyda
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Medal record Men's canoe slalom World Championships Gold 1975 Skopje Mixed C-2 Gold 1977 Spittal Mixed C-2 Charles "Chuck" Lyda (July 23, 1952--June 12, 2010) was an American slalom and sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two gold medals in the mixed C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1975 and 1977.
Lyda competed as a sprint canoer in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, but was eliminated in the repechage rounds. He also qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics but was unable to compete because the United States boycotted that event.
He was born in San Diego. He died on June 12, 2010 in Folsom California, from complications of gastric cancer.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Sports-reference.com profile
1955: Czechoslovakia (Dana Martanová & Jiří Pecka) · 1957: East Germany (Birgitte Schmidt & Manfred Glöckner) · 1959: East Germany (Rita Behrend & Manfred Merkel) · 1961: Czechoslovakia (Vratislava Nováková & Karel Novák) · 1963: Yugoslavia (Alenka Bernot & Borut Justin) · 1965: Czechoslovakia (Ludmilla Sirotková & Václav Janoušek) · 1967: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslava Krčálová & Milan Svoboda) · 1969: Czechoslovakia (Jitka Traplová & Milan Svoboda) · 1971: Czechoslovakia (Hana Koudelová & Jiří Koudela) · 1973: United States (Carol Knight & Dave Knight) · 1975: United States (Marietta Gillman & Chuck Lyda) · 1977: United States (Marietta Gillman & Chuck Lyda) · 1979: Not held · 1981: United States (Elizabeth Hayman & Fritz Haller)
Categories:- 1952 births
- 2010 deaths
- American canoeists
- Cancer deaths in California
- Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Deaths from cancer
- Olympic canoeists of the United States
- People from San Diego, California
- American canoeist stubs
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