Jason Lyon

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Jason "Jay" Lyon (born May 24th, 1986 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)


Lyon is a member of the Canadian National archery team who has competed in the 2004 World Junior Archery Championships, 2005 World Senior Archery Championships, the 2007 World Senior Archery Championships, the 2007 Pan-American Games and many other events.

At the 2007 World Championships Lyon was a member of the Team Canada (along with Crispin Duenas and Hugh MacDonald) who won Canada 3 Olympic spots by getting 8th in the Team Round. Canada has not had a full archery team the Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta. Lyon was also a member of the Silver Medallist Team at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio De Janeiro where they set the Pan-American Games Record with a 224. Jason also finished 4th at the Pan-American Games, losing the Bronze to Vic Wunderle (USA) 109-114. On his way to the bronze match Jason set and broke the Pan-American Games 12-arrow match-play record going 114-105 against Pablo Daniel Basgall (ARG), 115-107 against Jorge Pablo Chapoy (MEX) and a 116-112 against Eduardo Luis VĂ©lez (MEX). He then shot 109-114 agsint Juan Carlos Stevens (CUB) and 109-114 against Vic Wunderle (USA) to finish 4th.

He held the Canadian Record 1440 with 1325 until team mate Crispin Duenas broke it at the Pan-American Games with a 1328. lyon has since taken this back. Lyon held the 720 Olympic Round Record of 662 and tied Duenas's National 12-Arrow Match record of 116 at the Pan-American Games.

Jason will be attending the 2008 Olympic Games for Team Canada after he won the Canadian Olympic Trials. Lyon defeated Crispin Duenas, JD Burnes and Hugh McDonald. Crispin and JD will be his team-mates for the upcoming Olympic Games. Jason is Canada's best chance for an individual medal for Canada in the archery event. Jason currently set 3 out of a possible 5 records in his last FITA Star event. He broke the 20 year old 90m record with a 317, the 70m record with a 341 and the overall 1440 record with a 1345. This beat the previous record by 13 points. The score Jason achieved is a milestone most recurve shooters will never reach.