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Name
  
Steven Lysak

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Died
  
July 30, 2002


Stephen John "Steve" Lysak (August 7, 1912 – July 30, 2002) was an American sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s.

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he won two medals with Stephen Macknowski. This included a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Lysak designed and built the canoe he and Macknowski used for the 1948 Games. After the Olympics, Lysak resided in Yonkers, New York where he died in 2002.

References

Steven Lysak Wikipedia