Chuck Lyda
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}
{{MedalCountry| {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1975 Skopje|Mixed C-2}}
{{MedalGold|1977 Spittal|Mixed C-2}}
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Charles Clinton Lyda (July 23, 1952 – June 12, 2010) was an American slalom and sprint canoeist 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 canoeist 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
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
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Category:American male canoeists
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from San Diego
Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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