George Onekea

George Onekea
Personal information
Full name George Helela Onekea, Jr.
National team  United States
Born (1939-03-25) March 25, 1939
Honolulu, Hawaii
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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, George Onekea. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.


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