George Onekea

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] but not placing.[4]

George Onekea
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Helela Onekea Jr.
National team United States
Born (1939-03-25) March 25, 1939
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamOhio State University

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Onekea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  4. "Ohio State Olympians" (PDF).


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