Warren Kealoha
Appearance
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Full name | Warren Daniels Kealoha | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii | March 3, 1903|||||||||||||||||
Died | September 8, 1972 Honolulu, Hawaii | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Hui Makami Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Warren Daniels Kealoha (March 3, 1903 – September 8, 1972) was an American competition swimmer who was twice an Olympic gold medalist and a world record-holder.
Kealoha won the 100-meter backstroke event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. During his career, Kealoha set four world records, first at the 1920 Olympics and last in Honolulu in 1926, which was beaten the next day by Walter Laufer.[1] He was not related to Olympic swimming champion Pua Kealoha. After retiring from swimming, Kealoha became a rancher.[2] He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1968.[1]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Warren Kealoha.
- ^ a b Warren Kealoha (USA), International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Warren Kealoha. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1972 deaths
- American male backstroke swimmers
- Native Hawaiian sportspeople
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Saint Louis School alumni
- Punahou School alumni
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs