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Full name | Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "The Duke," "The Big Kahuna" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Haleʻākala, Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii | August 24, 1890|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | January 22, 1968 Honolulu, Hawaii[1] | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Waikiki Beach Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duke Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968), was a Hawaiian athlete who is called the inventor of modern surfing.[3] He was also on the United States Olympic team as a swimmer, and won several silver and gold medals.[4]
Contrary to some misinformation on the internet, Duke is not known as the Big Kahuna. He himself rejected that term, because he knew its meaning. The Big Kahuna is a character in the Gidget story, which is based on a portrayal of Tube Steak Tracy, a famous surfer of the '40s & '50s in Malibu.
Media related to Duke Kahanamoku at Wikimedia Commons
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