Thelma Kalama
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Full name | Thelma H. Kalama | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Keko" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii | March 24, 1931||||||||||||||
Died | May 17, 1999 Honolulu, Hawaii | (aged 68)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hawaii Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thelma H. Kalama (March 24, 1931 – May 17, 1999), later known by her married name Thelma Aiu, was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with her teammates Marie Corridon, Brenda Helser and Ann Curtis. The U.S. relay team set a new Olympic record of 4:29.2 in the event final.[1]
Kalama was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 1998,[2] and the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame as a posthumously member of its first class of honorees in 2002.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Swimming" Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame, Thelma Kalama Aiu. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ Wes Nakama, "Hawai'i Hall of Fame to induct first class," Honolulu Advertiser (November 23, 2002). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Thelma Kalama at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Thelma Kalama at World Aquatics
- Thelma Kalama at Olympedia
- Thelma Kalama at the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame (archived)
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- American female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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- Female United States Marine Corps personnel
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- Swimmers from Hawaii
- 20th-century American women
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs