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| '''Yoshinobu Oyakawa''' ({{lang-ja|親川 義信}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tida-net.okinawa/parliament-activity/令和2年第7回沖縄県議会定例会/|title=tida-net.okinawa|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> born August 9, 1933) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], 1952 Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. He was the first Hawaiian islander to win an Olympic medal, and is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers. He still holds the world record in this technique.<ref name=usms/><ref name=Olympedia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51516/|title=Yoshi Oyakawa, Olympedia Biography|website=www.olympedia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref><ref name=hilo>Nakaji, Bert, "Oyakawa First Big Islander to Win Olympic Games Title", ''Honolulu Star Bulletin'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 2 August 1952, pg. 7</ref><ref name="ishofprofile"/> | '''Yoshinobu Oyakawa''' ({{lang-ja|親川 義信}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tida-net.okinawa/parliament-activity/令和2年第7回沖縄県議会定例会/|title=tida-net.okinawa|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> born August 9, 1933) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], 1952 Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. He was the first Hawaiian islander to win an Olympic medal, and is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers. He still holds the world record in this technique.<ref name=usms/><ref name=Olympedia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51516/|title=Yoshi Oyakawa, Olympedia Biography|website=www.olympedia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref><ref name=hilo>Nakaji, Bert, "Oyakawa First Big Islander to Win Olympic Games Title", ''Honolulu Star Bulletin'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 2 August 1952, pg. 7</ref><ref name="ishofprofile"/> |
| Oyakawa was born in Kona, Hawaii to the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Oyakawa and raised in [[Papaikou, Hawaii|Papaikou]]. He has an older sister, Dorothy, and an older brother, Ensie Michio.<ref name="olympicbidagain" /> Oyakawa may have done his earliest swimming in Pake Pond in Papaikou. He first attended East Honolulu's Kalanianaole High School, known as [[Kalani High School]] prior to Hilo High School.<ref>"First Athlete-Coach Team is Selected in Annual Contest", ''Hilo Tribune-Herald'', Hilo, Hawaii, 31 December 1952, pg. 9</ref> A 1951 graduate, he began competitive swimming as a Sophomore at [[Hilo High School]] around 1948 under Coach Charles Kiyoishi "Sparky" Kawamoto at the Hilo Aquatic Club. He won his first Hawaiian 100-meter AAU backstroke championship swimming for the Hilo Club in 1950, and repeated in 1951.<ref name=<ref name="olympicbidagain">{{cite news |last1=Luna |first1=Martha |title=Oyakawa Will Be Bidding for Olympic Win Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49990616/oyakawa-will-be-bidding-for-olympic-win/ |work=Hawaii Tribune-Herald |date=January 16, 1956}}</ref> His 1951 100-meter backstroke time of 1:07.5 in the Hawaiian AAU meet was America's best that year in a long course pool.<ref name=hilo/> | Oyakawa was born in Kona, Hawaii to the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Oyakawa and raised in [[Papaikou, Hawaii|Papaikou]]. He has an older sister, Dorothy, and an older brother, Ensie Michio.<ref name="olympicbidagain" /> Oyakawa may have done his earliest swimming in Pake Pond in Papaikou. He first attended East Honolulu's Kalanianaole High School, known as [[Kalani High School]] prior to Hilo High School in the Southeast Central coastal portion of the island of Hawaii.<ref>"First Athlete-Coach Team is Selected in Annual Contest", ''Hilo Tribune-Herald'', Hilo, Hawaii, 31 December 1952, pg. 9</ref> A 1951 graduate, he began competitive swimming as a Sophomore at [[Hilo High School|Hilo High]] around 1948 under Coach Charles Kiyoishi "Sparky" Kawamoto at the Hilo Aquatic Club. He won his first Hawaiian 100-meter AAU backstroke championship swimming for the Hilo Club in 1950, and repeated in 1951.<ref name=<ref name="olympicbidagain">{{cite news |last1=Luna |first1=Martha |title=Oyakawa Will Be Bidding for Olympic Win Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49990616/oyakawa-will-be-bidding-for-olympic-win/ |work=Hawaii Tribune-Herald |date=January 16, 1956}}</ref> His 1951 100-meter backstroke time of 1:07.5 in the Hawaiian AAU meet was America's best that year in a long course pool.<ref name=hilo/> |
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