Tommy Kono
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About
Olympic weightlifter for the U.S. team who won gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics. He competed in a total of 3 Olympics Games. In 1990, he was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.
Before Fame
He spent three years of his youth at the Tule Lake Internment Camp.
Trivia
He set over 20 world records during the period in which he won the World Weightlifting Championships 6 straight times. He competed in 8 World Weightlifting Championships.
Family Life
He fathered three children with Florence Rodrigues, whom he married in 1962.
Associated With
He won his first Olympic gold medal in the same year legendary Olympic broadcaster Bob Costas was born.
