Edward J. Coyle is an American paralympic weightlifter. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Paralympics.
Biography
Coyle was born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He contracted polio at the age of two. He attended Monsignor Bonner High School, where he was on the football and rowing teams before taking up weightlifting. He attended West Chester University, earning a PhD in 1977.
Coyle competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, winning the gold medal in the men's middleweight weightlifting. At the 1976 Summer Paralympics Coyle won the gold medal in the men's lightweight event. He scored 177.5 pounds. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics he won the silver medal in the men's middleweight - 75kg paraplegic event.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) People from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Delaware County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic powerlifters for the United States Paralympic medalists in weightlifting Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States West Chester University alumni