OCC Olympians 1920-1936
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Olympian Duke Kahanamoku
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympians
Duke Kahanamoku escorts American swimmers Helen Wainwright, left, and Aileen Riggin, right, into the opening ceremony at the 1920 Olympic Games.
1920 Hawaii Olympians
Traveling to Antwerp for the 1920 Olympics are seated, Helen Moses and Warren Kealoha. Standing are Duke Kahanamoku, Harold Kruger, Pua Kealoha, Ludy Langer, and Fred Kahele.
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympian 1920
Outrigger Canoe Club member Helen Moses was an alternate on the U.S. 1920 Olympic swimming team.
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Helen Moses
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympian 1920
Aileen Riggin Soule
Olympian John Jack Watt 1920
1920 high hurdles
Olympian Bill Harris 1920
1920 Olympics, Silver Medal, 100-Freestyle
Olympics Aileen Riggin (Soule) 1920, 1924
Outrigger Canoe Club member Aileen Riggin (Soule) won a Gold Medal, for Fancy Springboard Diving and a 5th Place, for Plain Highboard Diving in the 1920 Olympics. She won a Bronze Medal, in the 100-Meter Backstroke, and a Silver Medal, in Fancy Springboard Diving in the 1924 Olympics.
Olympian Aileen Riggin (Soule) 1920, 1924
Outrigger Canoe Club member Aileen Riggin (Soule) won a Gold Medal, for Fancy Springboard Diving and a 5th Place, for Plain Highboard Diving in the 1920 Olympics. She won a Bronze Medal, in the 100-Meter Backstroke, and a Silver Medal, in Fancy Springboard Diving in the 1924 Olympics.
1920 Olympics
Duke Kahanamoku poses with Ethelda Bleibtrey who won three Gold medals and set three world records for the U.S. women at the 1920 Olympic Games. Duke won two Golds and set two world records.
1924 Olympic Swimmers
Hawaii swimmers at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. Front: Sam Kahanamoku, Charlie Prung, Mariechen Wehselau, Pua Kealoha. Back: Henry Luning, Bill Kirschbaum, Duke Kahanamoku, Warren Kealoha, Gay Harris, David Kahanamoku.
1924 Olympics Paris
Outrigger Canoe Club members Swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and Coach George "Dad" Center left Hawaii laden with lei on their way to the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
Olympian Mariechen Wehselau Jackson 1924
Outrigger Canoe Club member Mariechen Wehselau (Jackson) won a Silver Medal, in the 100-Meter Freestyle and a Gold Medal, in the 4 x 100-Meter Freestyle Relay in the 1924 Olympic Games.
Olympian Mariechen Wehselau Jackson 1924
Outrigger Canoe Club member Mariechen Wehselau (Jackson) won a Silver Medal, in the 100-Meter Freestyle and a Gold Medal, in the 4 x 100-Meter Freestyle Relay in the 1924 Olympic Games.
1924 Olympics
Enroute to the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris were Johnny Weissmuller, David Kahanamoku, Aileen Riggin and Duke Kahanamoku.
Olympians 1924
The U.S. Women's Olympic Swimming Team 1924. Outrigger Canoe Club's Aileen Riggin is in the front row, far left, and Mariechen Wehselau is third from left. Mariechen won a Gold and a Silver. Aileen won a Silver and Bronze.
Olympians Duke and Sam Kahanamoku
Olympian Frank Ewan Booth 1932
Outrigger Canoe Club member Frank Ewan Booth won a Silver Medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay in the 1932 Olympic Games.
Olympian Clarence "Buster" Crabbe 1928, 1932
Outrigger Canoe Club member "Buster" Crabbe won a Bronze Medal, in the 1500-Meter Freestyle and a 4th Place, in the 400-Meter Freestyle in the 1928 Olympic Games.
In the 1932 Olympics, he got a 5th Place, in the 1500-Meter Freestyle and a Gold Medal, in the 400-Meter Freestyle.
Olympian Marjorie Gestring (Bowman) 1936
Outrigger Canoe Club member Marjorie Gestring (Bowman) won a Gold Medal in Women's Fancy Diving in the 1936 Olympic Games.