Pua Kele Kealoha (November 14, 1902 – August 29, 1989) was an American competition
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He was not related to Olympic swimming champion
Warren Kealoha
Warren Daniels Kealoha (March 3, 1903 – September 8, 1972) was an American competition swimming (sport), swimmer who was twice an Olympic gold medalist and a world record-holder.
Kealoha won the 100-meter backstroke event at the 1920 Summer O ...
.
Kealoha represented the United States at the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
in Antwerp, Belgium as a 17-year-old.
[Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes]
Pua Kele Kealoha
Retrieved November 30, 2012. 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
Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antw ...
and
Duke Kahanamoku
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 th ...
.
[ The U.S. relay team set a new world record of 10:04.4 in the event final.][ 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.][Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games]
Men's 100 metres Freestyle Final
Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events 50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre ...
* World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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1902 births
1989 deaths
American male freestyle swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Native Hawaiian sportspeople
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
People from Honolulu County, Hawaii
Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics