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John Lysak is an American canoer who competed in the Olympic Games in 1936 in Berlin. Born in New Jersey but raised in an orphanage in New York, he competed in the 1936 Olympics in Men's Folding Kayak Doubles, 10 kilometres, but did not win a medal, placing 7th. After a stint in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Lysak attended Springfield College and worked as a painting contractor until the age of 62. As of 2008 he is the San Francisco Bay Area's oldest living former United States Olympian. [More at Wikipedia]
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August 16th, 1914 in United States of America / Died: Jan 8th, 2020 - aged 105
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