Warren Kealoha
{{short description|American swimmer}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Warren Kealoha
| image = Warren Kealoha 1924.jpg
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| caption = Warren Kealoha in 1924
| fullname = Warren Daniels Kealoha
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| national_team = United States
| strokes = Backstroke
| club = Hui Makami Club
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|3|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|9|8|1903|3|3|mf=y}}
| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1920 Antwerp | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | 100 m backstroke}}
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51437 |title=Warren Kealoha |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421195634/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51437 |url-status=live }}
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. He was not related to Olympic swimming champion Pua Kealoha. After retiring from swimming, Kealoha became a rancher. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1968.
See also
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/warren-kealoha-(usa).html |title=Warren Kealoha (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028142543/http://www.ishof.org/warren-kealoha-(usa).html |url-status=dead }}
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External links
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- {{International Swimming Hall of Fame}}
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
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Category:American male backstroke swimmers
Category:Native Hawaiian swimmers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Category:Swimmers from Honolulu
Category:Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Saint Louis School alumni
Category:Punahou School alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:People from the Territory of Hawaii
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