Ford Konno
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| Full name | Ford Hiroshi Konno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 1, 1933 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Yoshito Sagawa Mike Peppe[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ford Hiroshi Konno (Japanese: 紺野 弘,[3] born January 1, 1933) is a Japanese–American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
Konno was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, and swam for the McKinley Tigers high school swim team. He later received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200-meter and 4:26.7 in the 400-meter freestyle during 1954 college meets.[4]
Konno won four medals at the 1952 and 1956
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay
.
After graduating from Ohio State University, Konno worked as a high school teacher and swimming coach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, and later became division manager for an equity life insurance company. In 1972 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Earlier he married a fellow 1952 Olympic medalist Evelyn Kawamoto; they have two daughters.[1][2]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Ohio State University people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ford Konno.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ford Konno". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-08-04.
- ^ a b "Ford Konno (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
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- ^ "HickokSports.com Sports Biographies: Konno, Ford H." Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
External links
- Ford Konno at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ford Konno at Olympedia
- Ford Konno at the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame (archived)
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