Johnny Lucas (12 August 1931 – 19 October 1993) was a

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officiall ...

sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He was born and died in

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. Competing alongside Léon Roth at the

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, he was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event.

References

Johnny Lucas' profile at Sports Reference.com
1931 births 1993 deaths People from Diekirch Sportspeople from Diekirch (canton) Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Luxembourgian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-canoe-bio-stub