Steven Lysak

Steven Lysak

Personal information
Born	August 7, 1912
Died	July 30, 2002 (aged 89)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Canoe racing
Medal record Pan Pacific Championships Men's rowing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1948 London C-2 10000 m 1948 London C-2 1000 m

Stephen John "Steve" Lysak (August 7, 1912 – July 30, 2002) was an American sprint canoer 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.^[1]

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

1. "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Canoeing" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 27, 2008)

• "Steve Lysak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.