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{{short description|American swimmer}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Warren Kealoha
| image          = Warren Kealoha 1924.jpg
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| caption        = Warren Kealoha in 1924
| fullname       = Warren Daniels Kealoha
| nicknames      = 
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]]
| club           = Hui Makami Club
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1903|3|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Honolulu]], [[Territory of Hawaii]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1972|9|8|1903|3|3|mf=y}}
| death_place    = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], U.S.
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
}}

'''Warren Daniels Kealoha''' (March 3, 1903 – September 8, 1972) was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who was twice an Olympic gold medalist and a world record-holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51437 |title=Warren Kealoha |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421195634/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51437 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kealoha won the 100-meter backstroke event at the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] and [[1924 Summer Olympics]].  During his career, Kealoha set four world records, first at the 1920 Olympics and last in Honolulu in 1926, which was beaten the next day by [[Walter Laufer]].<ref name=ishofprofile/>  He was not related to Olympic swimming champion [[Pua Kealoha]].  After retiring from swimming, Kealoha became a rancher.<ref name=sroprofile/>  He was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1968.<ref name=ishofprofile/>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=sroprofile>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Warren Kealoha |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/warren-kealoha-1.html |access-date=October 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/warren-kealoha-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
<ref name=ishofprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/warren-kealoha-(usa).html |title=Warren Kealoha (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028142543/http://www.ishof.org/warren-kealoha-(usa).html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{International Swimming Hall of Fame}}
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}

{{Footer USA Swimming 1920 Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1972 deaths]]
[[Category:American male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Native Hawaiian swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Honolulu]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Saint Louis School alumni]]
[[Category:Punahou School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:People from the Territory of Hawaii]]


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