| LC control no. | no2002103657 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kono, Tommy |
| Variant(s) | Kono, Tamio |
| Birth date | 1930-06-27 |
| Death date | 2016-04-24 |
| Place of birth | Sacramento (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Honolulu (Hawaii) |
| Field of activity | Weight lifting |
| Affiliation | Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy) Olympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.) Olympic Games (15th : 1952 : Helsinki, Finland) Tule Lake Relocation Center |
| Profession or occupation | Weight lifters Olympic athletes Concentration camp inmates |
| Found in | Weightlifting, Olympic style, 2001: t.p. (Tommy Kono) New York times WWW site, viewed May 5, 2016 (in obituary published Apr. 29: Tommy Kono; b. Tamio Kono, June 27, 1930, Sacramento; d. Sunday [Apr. 24, 2016], Honolulu, aged 85; learned weight lifting as a frail youngster in a Japanese-American detention camp during World War II and went on to be recognized as one of the greatest lifters of all time, winning two Olympic gold medals and holding numerous records) |
| Associated language | eng |
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