Tony Ralphs (born December 11, 1943) is an American

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who competed in the mid-1960s. He founded an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. The orphanage he founded, Casa Hogar de Los Ninos, not only acts as a flourishing orphanage, but also hosts groups of volunteers year round, including high school volunteers from First Presbyterian Church Spokane Washington each spring when they travel to Tijuana to build houses in the adjacent surrounding communities. At the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

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, he was eliminated in the repechage round of all three events he competed ( K-1 1000 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m).

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1943 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States {{US-canoe-bio-stub