Ford Konno

Ford Konno
Personal information
Full name Ford Hiroshi Konno
National team  United States
Born (1933-01-01) January 1, 1933
Honolulu, Hawaii
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team Ohio State University

Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.

Konno was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, and swam for the McKinley Tigers high school swim team. He later received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200-meter and 4:26.7 in the 400-meter freestyle during 1954 college meets.[1]

He won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Konno won gold medals in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. His time of 18:30:3 in the 1,500 freestyle was a new Olympic record. He also won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Konno is married to fellow 1952 Olympic medalist Evelyn Kawamoto.[2] He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HickokSports.com Sports Biographies: Konno, Ford H.". Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference: Evelyn Kawamoto". Retrieved 2009-09-22.


Records
Preceded by
John Marshall		 Men's 200-meter freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
February 27, 1954 – March 4, 1955 		Succeeded by
John Wardrop
Preceded by
John Marshall		 Men's 400-meter freestyle
world record-holder (long course)
April 3, 1954 – January 12, 1957 		Succeeded by
Murray Rose


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