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Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku dit Duke Kahanamoku, né le 24 août 1890 à Honolulu ( Hawaï) et mort le 22 janvier 1968 dans la même ville, est un nageur et un surfeur américain.
Duke Kahanamoku a deux passions dès son enfance : le surf (pratiqué de longue date sur son île et quasiment inconnu ailleurs) et la natation. Il excelle en crawl, une nage inventée par les Australiens et qu'il perfectionne. Il vient d'avoir 21 ans quand il se fait remarquer au niveau national.
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born to a minor noble family less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The legend of Duke Kahanamoku, the father of modern surfing and double Olympic champion in Antwerp. At the Antwerp 1920 Games, Hawaiian champion Duke Kahanamoku became the first swimmer to win the Olympic 100m freestyle twice in a row. This came after his first title eight years earlier in Stockholm.
Duke Kahanamoku (left) receiving a gold medal from King Albert I of Belgium at the Olympics in Antwerp, 1920. Kahanamoku set three universally recognized world records in the 100-yard freestyle between July 5, 1913, and September 5, 1917 (53 seconds; broken by Johnny Weissmuller in 1922).
Won Olympic gold medal and set world record for 100-meter freestyle, Stockholm; also won a silver medal on the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay team. Introduced surfing to U.S.’s Atlantic coast. Helped popularize swimming and surfing in California.
A swimmer of unprecedented natural talent, Duke burst onto the scene by crushing world records by 4.6 seconds in his very first swim race in Honolulu harbor’s open waters. His Olympic career was equally phenomenal: spanning two decades, four Games, and six medals.
