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Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born to a minor noble family less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
- 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- United States
- Freestyle
Duke Kahanamoku (born August 26, 1890, near Waikiki, Hawaii [now in the United States]—died January 22, 1968, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) was a Hawaiian surfer and swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States and who for several years was considered the greatest freestyle swimmer in the world. He was perhaps most widely known ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Duke Kahanamoku was about to celebrate his 30th birthday (he was born on 24 August 1890 in Honolulu, in what was then the Kingdom of Hawaii) when he set out to defend his 100m freestyle title in the "dark, cold and muddy" waters of the 100m-long Olympic pool that had been built for the Games of the VII Olympiad.
Born in Honolulu on August 24th, First of nine children of Duke Halapu and Julia Paoa Kahanamoku. His father was named by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop in honor of the arrival of England’s Duke of Edinburgh in 1869. Duke was also named for his father so his family called him by his middle name – “Paoa”.
May 3, 2022 · Duke Kahanamoku was born in Honolulu, Hawai’i on August 24, 1890. When he was 3 years old his family moved to Waikīkī, where he spent his childhood learning how to be a waterman. Over the next ...
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1963-1969. Third visit to Australia to judge surf meets. Official guest at Tokyo Olympics. First person inducted into both the Swimming Hall of Fame and the Surfing Hall of Fame. First annual Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surf Meet, Sunset Beach. January 22, 1968 died in Honolulu at age 78; Waikīkī beachboy funeral.
Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii made his first Olympic appearance in 1912. Competing in the 100m freestyle, he equalled the world record in a qualifying heat. In the final, he was so far ahead that at the halfway point that he was able to look back and survey the field. Despite this pause, he won by two metres.
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