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Olympic hurdler and Army veteran Willie Davenport competes for Team USA. (U.S. Olympic Museum)
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There are hundreds of United States service members who’ve competed in the modern Olympic Games and dozens who’ve won medals. Some participated in the Games before joining, while others were members of Team USA while simultaneously serving.
Every individual who qualifies for a U.S. Olympic team is a world-class athlete, but there are some whose athletic performance and service records distinguish them from the rest of an impressive crew.
Here are 10 gifted Olympic athletes who also served their country.
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Google is celebrating bodybuilding history the best way it knows how: through a Google Doodle. This particular animated tribute honors one of the greats, Tommy Kono.
The June 27 Google Doodle celebrates the 91 birthday of the Japanese-American Olympic gold medalist and world champion bodybuilder. In an Instagram post highlighting the animated tribute, Google described Kono as “one of the greatest weightlifters in U.S. history.”
“Throughout his career, he set 26 world weightlifting records and won dozens of championship titles,” the post reads.
Kono was born in 1930 in California, enduring a particularly harrowing childhood in World War II internment camps. Kono s neighbors in the internment camp first introduced him to weightlifting, which quickly became a passion in his teen years.
Google Doodle Celebrates Olympian Tommy Kono
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The Google Doodle for June 27 marks what would have been the 91st birthday of Tamio “Tommy” Kono, a renowned weightlifter and bodybuilder. Google provides the following description:
A young Tommy Kono lifts during a competition at the Sacramento YMCA. He went on to win three Olympic medals, two of them gold. (Courtesy Center for Sacramento History, Sacramento Bee Archive)
“Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Shanti Rittgers, celebrates Japanese American coach, Olympic gold-medalist athlete, and world-champion bodybuilder Tommy Kono, who is regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters in United States history.
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