George Onekea
American swimmer
Personal information | |
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Full name | George Helela Onekea Jr. |
National team | United States |
Born | (1939-03-25) March 25, 1939 (age 85) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
College team | Ohio State University |
George Helela Onekea Jr. (born March 25, 1939) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] Onekea competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 400-meter freestyle and men's 1,500-meter freestyle, recording times of 4:41.6 and 19:13.6 in those events, respectively,[1][2][3] but not placing.[4]
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Onekea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Ohio State Olympians" (PDF).
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