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Duke Kahanamoku was a pioneering Hawaiian swimmer who won multiple Olympic medals and helped popularize the sport of surfing. He was also involved in various other activities, including law enforcement, acting, and business.
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About the Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamokuwas a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory’s admission as a state and became a United States citizen. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, winning medals in 1912, 1920 and 1924.
Kahanamoku joined fraternal organizations: he was a Scottish Rite Freemason in the Honolulu lodge, and a Shriner. He worked as a law enforcement officer, an actor, a beach volleyball player, and a businessman.
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Duke Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, winning medals in 1912, 1920, and 1924.
Duke Kahanamoku was a Native Hawaiian born to a minor noble family less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory’s admission as a state and became a United States citizen.
Duke Kahanamoku was a member of fraternal organizations, including the Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Honolulu lodge and the Shriners.
In addition to his swimming and surfing career, Duke Kahanamoku worked as a law enforcement officer, an actor, a beach volleyball player, and a businessman.
Duke Kahanamoku was born on August 24, 1890, in Hawaii, less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Duke Kahanamoku was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, winning medals in 1912, 1920, and 1924.
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was Duke Kahanamoku’s full name.
6 Quotes by Duke Kahanamoku
- 1.
Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- 2.
Don’t talk – keep it in your heart.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- 3.
I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- 4.
Out of the water, I am nothing.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- 5.
Just take your time – wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- 6.
I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.
Duke KahanamokuAmerican swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)