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American swimmer
Pua Kele Kealoha (November 14, 1902 – August 29, 1989) was an American competition
swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He was not related to Olympic swimming champion
Warren Kealoha .
[1]
Kealoha represented the United States at the
1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium as a 17-year-old.
[2] He won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with teammates
Perry McGillivray ,
Norman Ross and
Duke Kahanamoku .
[2]
[3] The U.S. relay team set a new world record of 10:04.4 in the event final.
[2] Individually, Kealoha also received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the
men's 100-meter freestyle and finished with a time of 1:02.6.
[2]
[4]
According to a member of the Kahanamoku family who knew him, Kealoha was the only person to swim unassisted from Molokai to
Oahu . He had previously tried to swim from Oahu to Molokai but failed due to the headwind, current, and waves.
See also
References
^
"Pua Kele Kealoha" . Olympedia . Retrieved 3 September 2021 .
^
a
b
c
d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes,
Pua Kele Kealoha . Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports,
United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games . Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games,
Men's 100 metres Freestyle Final . Retrieved November 30, 2012.
External links
Media related to
Pua Kealoha at Wikimedia Commons
1908 :
John Derbyshire ,
Paul Radmilovic ,
William Foster ,
Henry Taylor (
GBR )
1912 :
Cecil Healy ,
Malcolm Champion ,
Leslie Boardman ,
Harold Hardwick (
ANZ )
1920 :
Perry McGillivray ,
Pua Kealoha ,
Norman Ross ,
Duke Kahanamoku (
USA )
1924 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Wally O'Connor ,
Harry Glancy ,
Ralph Breyer (
USA )
1928 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Austin Clapp ,
Walter Laufer ,
George Kojac (
USA )
1932 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Yasuji Miyazaki ,
Takashi Yokoyama ,
Hisakichi Toyoda (
JPN )
1936 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Shigeo Sugiura ,
Shigeo Arai ,
Masaharu Taguchi (
JPN )
1948 :
Wally Ris ,
Jimmy McLane ,
Wally Wolf ,
Bill Smith (
USA )
1952 :
Wayne Moore ,
Bill Woolsey ,
Ford Konno ,
Jimmy McLane (
USA )
1956 :
Kevin O'Halloran ,
John Devitt ,
Murray Rose ,
Jon Henricks (
AUS )
1960 :
George Harrison ,
Dick Blick ,
Mike Troy ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Don Schollander ,
Steve Clark ,
Roy Saari ,
Gary Ilman (
USA )
1968 :
Don Schollander ,
Mark Spitz ,
John Nelson ,
Stephen Rerych (
USA )
1972 :
Mark Spitz ,
John Kinsella ,
Fred Tyler ,
Steve Genter (
USA )
1976 :
Mike Bruner ,
Bruce Furniss ,
John Naber ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Sergey Koplyakov ,
Vladimir Salnikov ,
Ivar Stukolkin ,
Andrey Krylov (
URS )
1984 :
Mike Heath ,
David Larson ,
Jeff Float ,
Bruce Hayes (
USA )
1988 :
Troy Dalbey ,
Matt Cetlinski ,
Doug Gjertsen ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1992 :
Dmitry Lepikov ,
Vladimir Pyshnenko ,
Veniamin Tayanovich ,
Yevgeny Sadovyi ,
Aleksey Kudryavtsev ,
Yury Mukhin (
EUN )
1996 :
Josh Davis ,
Joe Hudepohl ,
Brad Schumacher ,
Ryan Berube ,
Jon Olsen (
USA )
2000 :
Ian Thorpe ,
Michael Klim ,
Todd Pearson ,
Bill Kirby ,
Grant Hackett ,
Daniel Kowalski (
AUS )
2004 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
Klete Keller ,
Dan Ketchum ,
Scott Goldblatt (
USA )
2008 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Ricky Berens ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
David Walters ,
Erik Vendt ,
Klete Keller (
USA )
2012 :
Ryan Lochte ,
Conor Dwyer ,
Ricky Berens ,
Michael Phelps ,
Charlie Houchin ,
Matt McLean ,
Davis Tarwater (
USA )
2016 :
Conor Dwyer ,
Townley Haas ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Michael Phelps ,
Clark Smith ,
Jack Conger ,
Gunnar Bentz (
USA )
2020 :
Thomas Dean ,
James Guy ,
Matt Richards ,
Duncan Scott ,
Calum Jarvis (
GBR )