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Duke Kahanamoku: Hawaiian Royalty. A native of Hawaii and of royal blood, swimmer Duke Kahanamoku represented the United States in four Olympic Games and won three gold and two silver medals over the course of his career. His medal count might have been even higher had the 1916 Games not been cancelled due to World War I.
デューク・カハナモク（Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku, 1890年 8月24日- 1968年 1月22日）は、ハワイ出身の伝説的な水泳選手、サーファーである。オリンピック金メダル3個獲得。
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku ( 24. srpna 1890 – 22. ledna 1968) byl americký sportovec pocházející z Havaje. Byl velkým popularizátorem surfingu a vynikající plavec, držitel tří zlatých a dvou stříbrných olympijských medailí. Slovo Duke (anglicky Vévoda) v jeho jméně neznamenalo šlechtický titul, ale bylo ...
Duke Kahanamoku. Actor: Wake of the Red Witch. Duke Kahanamoku was one of the great Olympic heroes of all time. Born in Hawaii, Duke grew up swimming and entered the 1912 Stockholm Olympics for the United States (Hawaii was not yet a state, but a U.S. possession)and became an international star by winning the Men's 100-Meter Freestyle, something he repeated eight years later at the 1920 ...
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku, 24 Aug 1890 - 22 Jan 1968 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution c. 1915 Object number NPG.2007.195
Aug 24, 2021 · Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was born on August 24, 1890. The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was suffering the dramatic loss of life due to measles, bubonic plague, and leprosy epidemics, amid a global pandemic of influenza that killed about one million people worldwide. Kahanamoku was two years old when Queen Liliʻuokalani was usurped in ...
Feb 7, 2022 · According to Britannica, Kahanamoku was born on Aug. 26, 1890, near what is now the ultra-popular tourist spot of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Until his passing in 1968, Kahanamoku was, for much of his life, not just a champion of surfing but a beloved figure and ambassador for Hawaii itself.
