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Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (September 17, 1933 – January 22, 2017), also known by her married name Evelyn Konno, was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist.

Evelyn Kawamoto

Kawamoto at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto
National team	United States
Born	(1933-09-17)September 17, 1933 Honolulu, Hawaii
Died	January 22, 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 83)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Hawaii Swim Club
Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki 400 m freestyle 1952 Helsinki 4×100 m freestyle

In 1949, Kawamoto broke the American record in the 300-meter individual medley (IM) and 200-meter breaststroke on the same day. A month later, she won both events at the US Nationals.[1] On the final day of the 1952 U.S. Women's Olympic Trials, she set the American record in the 400-meter freestyle.[1]

Kawamoto represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where she earned two bronze medals as an 18-year-old.[2] 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.[3][4] Individually, she set an Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle in a preliminary heat[1] and received a second bronze for her third-place performance in the women's 400-meter freestyle behind Hungarian swimmers Valéria Gyenge and Éva Novák.[2][5]

She later married U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Ford Konno, who also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] Kawamoto was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.[6] She died in 2017 at the age of 83.[1]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Evelyn Kawamoto

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[it] Evelyn Kawamoto

Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (Honolulu, 17 settembre 1933 – 22 gennaio 2017) è stata una nuotatrice statunitense, specializzata nello stile libero.

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[ru] Кавамото, Эвелин

Эвелин Токьюэй Кавамото, в замужестве Эвелин Конно; (англ. Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto; 17 сентября 1933 (1933-09-17), Гонолулу, Гавайи, США — 22 января 2017, Гавайи, США) — американская пловчиха, двукратный бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Хельсинки (1952).

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