Evelyn Kawamoto
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| Full name | Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto | |||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | September 17, 1933 Honolulu, Hawaii |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Hawaii Swim Club | |||||||||||||||
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Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (born September 17, 1933), also known by her married name Evelyn Konno, is an American former competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist.
Kawamoto represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where she earned two bronze medals as an 18-year-old.[1] She received her first bronze in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, when the U.S. team of Jackie LaVine, Marilee Stepan, Jody Alderson and Kawamoto placed third behind the teams from Hungary and the Netherlands.[2][3] Individually, she received a second bronze for her third-place performance in the women's 400-meter freestyle behind Hungarian swimmers Valéria Gyenge and Éva Novák.[1][4]
She later married U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Ford Konno, who also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Evelyn Kawamoto. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games, Women's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
External links
- Evelyn Kawamoto – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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