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}}

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{{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.

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{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Warren Kealoha |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/warren-kealoha-1.html |access-date=October 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/warren-kealoha-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}

{{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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