Great Olympians

Biographies - KEA

Pua Kele Kealoha

B. 1902-11-14, Waialua, Haw., USA
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1920	HP
100 m Free-style	silver	4000
4x200 m Free-style Relay	gold	1600
		5600

Warren Paoa Kealoha

B. 1903-03-03, Honolulu, Haw., USA; D. 1972-09-08
Swimming (2 gold)

1924 1928 HP

100 m Backstroke gold gold 19200

19200

One of several famous swimmers from Hawaii. Kealoha broke the world backstroke record six times, bringing it down from 1.15.6 to 1.11.4, a remarkable improvement.

Daniel William "Danny" Keane

B. 1951-03-21, Hamilton, New Zealand
Rowing

	1976	HP
Men's Coxed Fours	sixth	480
		480

Donald Michael "Don" Keane

B. 1930-11-12, Perth, WA, Australia; D. 2016-11-10
Athletics - Track & Field

	1952	1956	HP
Men's 10km Walk	10th		740
Men's 20km Walk		6th	740
			740

Anthony Joseph "Jack" Keane, Jr.

B. 1928-06-30, New York, NY, USA; D. 2016-04-17
Fencing

	1968	HP
Men's Sabre, Individual	R2:5th	2.863
Men's Sabre, Team	sixth	160
		162.863

William Patrick Keane, Jr.

B. 1899-01-04, Pittsburgh, Penn., USA; D. 1949-06-15
Sailing

	1936	HP
Eight metres Class	10th	50
		50

Somsak Keaokanta

B. 1939-07-23, represented Thailand
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	R1:11th	-4.36
		0.000036

Hannah Kearney

B. 1986-02-26, Hanover, USA
Freestyle Skiing (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	2006	2010	2014	HP
Moguls	22nd	gold	bronze	13440.6
				13440.6

Thomas "Tom" Kearney

B. 1923-06-04, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fencing

	1952	1960	HP
Épée, individual	QF:9th	R1:7th	0.000046000012
Épée, Team		R1:3rd	0.936
			0.936046000012

Lloyd Weldon "Butch" Keaser

B. 1950-02-09, Pumphrey, Md, USA
Freestyle Wrestling (1 silver)

	1976	HP
Men's Lightweight (-68 kg)	silver	6000
		6000

Brian Scott Keast

B. 1953-11-27, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Cycling - Track

	1972	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	QU:19th	1.2
		1.2

Charles Humphrey Keating, III

B. 1955-08-20, Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Aquatics - Swimming

	1976	HP
Men's 200 m Breasttroke	fifth	1000
		1000

(Kenneth) Murray Keating

B. 1952-05-28, Manning, Alb., Canada
Athletics - Track and Field

	1976	HP
Men's Hammer Throw	QU:19th	2.4
		2.4

Seán Keating

B. 1899-09-28, Limerick, Ireland, then part of Great Britain; D. 1977-12-21
Art Competitions

	1924	1928	HP
Painting	AC		87.78
Painting, Painting		AC	87.78
			87.78

Thomas J. Keating

represented the Turner Tigers of Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Basketball

	1904	HP
Men's Team	sixth	240
		240

The Turner Tigers lost two matches and forfeited three, including the match against equal-last team Xavier Athletic. Keating was on the team that lost to Buffalo.

Olympic Competitor nr 1855

1904-07-11-10:00? - Basketball - Match 1 - lost
1904-07-11-18:00? - Basketball - Match 9 - lost (*) - Final Rankings - fifth (375)

(*) team roster not certainly known

Ivan Keats

B. 1937-04-16, Christchurch, New Zealand; D. 2020-08-27
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's Marathon	42nd	-4.60
		0.00006

Art Keay

B. 1907-03-19, Toronto, Ont., Canada; D. 1989-10-14
Athletics - Track & Field

	1928	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:dnf	0.00064
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase	R1:8th	0.6
		0.60064

Written 2002-07-24 - last modified 2023-05-08

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