Michael Barry Lenard (born May 20, 1955) is an

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former

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player who competed in the

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. Lenard is the vice president of the

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, having joined the organisation in 1994. In 2017, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) bestowed their highest honour on him, an Olympic Torch Award. Lenard has served for the USOC a member and then Vice-Chair of the USOC Athletes’ Advisory Committee, as the Vice-President of the organisation.

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1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Chicago American male handball players Olympic handball players for the United States Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{US-handball-bio-stub