David Chandler "Dave" Lyons (born January 23, 1943) is an American former competition

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and

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gold medalist. Lyons earned a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the

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. At the

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in Tokyo, he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Under the 1964 Olympic rules he was ineligible to receive a medal, however, because he did swim in the event final. Lyons began his competitive swimming at New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois. He was part of the high school national championship team in 1961. The team later placed third in the 1961 AAU championships. In 1961, he was the second swimmer to go under 1:50 for the 200-yard freestyle, Steve Clark of Yale doing it one day earlier. Lyons attended

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, where he swam for coach Phil Moriarty's

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team in

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(NCAA) competition from 1963 to 1965. He won three consecutive NCAA national championships as a member of winning Yale teams in the 400-yard freestyle relay.IvyLeagueSports.com, History of the Ivy league
NCAA Championships (1957–Present)
. Retrieved September 25, 2012. Lyons later earned both M.B.A. and M.D. degrees.

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1943 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Swimmers from Chicago Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Yale Bulldogs men's swimmers Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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